Abstract
Background, aim, and scope
Textile industry produces wastewater which contributes to water pollution since it utilizes a lot of chemicals. Preliminary studies show that the wastewater from textile industries contains grease, wax, surfactant, and dyes. The objective of this study was to determine the treatment efficiency of the nickel catalysts supported on hydrotalcites in three-dye model compounds and two types of wastewater.
Materials and methods
Hydrotalcites were employed to prepare supported nickel catalysts by wetness impregnation technique. Metal loadings from 1 to 10 wt% were tested. Catalysts were characterized by several techniques. They were tested in a catalytic wet air oxidation of three dyes and two wastewaters with different origins.
Results and discussion
It could be observed that the higher the metal content, the lower the BET area, possibly due to sintering of Ni and the consequent blocking of the pores by the metal. In addition, metallic dispersion was also higher when the metal content was lower. Dye conversion was more than 95% for every catalyst showing no differences with the nickel content. A high degree of dye conversion was achieved. Wet air oxidation (WAO) and catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) processes have been proved to be extremely efficient in TOC removal for wastewaters.
Conclusions
The CWAO process can be used to remove dyes from wastewater. Three different dyes were tested showing satisfactory results in all of them. TOC degradation and dye removal in the presence of the catalyst were effective. Also, the HTNi catalyst is very active for organic matter and toxicity removal in wastewaters.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia by CONSOLIDER Program through TRAGUA Network CSD2006-44, CTQ2008-02728, and by Comunidad de Madrid through REMTAVARES Network S-2009/AMB-1588.
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Ovejero, G., Sotelo, J.L., Rodríguez, A. et al. Wet air oxidation and catalytic wet air oxidation for dyes degradation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 18, 1518–1526 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-011-0504-6
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