Research Article Fenton Oxidation of Methyl Violet in Aqueous Solution
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Chemistry Volume 2013, Article ID 509097, 6 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/509097 Research Article Fenton Oxidation of Methyl Violet in Aqueous Solution Saeedeh Hashemian, Masoumah Tabatabaee, and Margan Gafari Chemistry Department, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, P.O. Box 89195/155, Yazd, Iran Correspondence should be addressed to Saeedeh Hashemian; [email protected] Received 13 June 2012; Revised 14 August 2012; Accepted 18 August 2012 Academic Editor: Alvin A. Holder Copyright © 2013 Saeedeh Hashemian et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In this study, oxidative discoloration of methyl violet (MV) dye in aqueous solution has been studied using Fenton (Fe /H O ) process. e parameters such as concentration of Fe , H O , MV,temperature, and Cl and SO ions that affected of discoloration2+ 2 2 in Fenton process were investigated. e rate of degradation2+ is dependent on initial concentration− 2− of Fe ion, initial concentration 2 2 4 of H O , and pH of media. Discoloration of MV was increased by increasing the temperature of reaction.2+ Optimized condition was determined and it was found that the obtained efficiency was about 95.5 aer 15 minutes of reaction at pH 3. TOC of dye sample,2 2 before and aer the oxidation process, was determined. TOC removal indicates partial and signi�cant mineralization of MV dye. e results of experiments showed that degradation of MV dye in Fenton% oxidation can be described with a pseudo-irst- order kinetic model. e thermodynamic constants of the Fenton oxidation process were evaluated. e results implied that the oxidation process was feasible, spontaneous, and endothermic. 1. Introduction reaction (Fe /H O ) is one of the most important processes to generate hydroxyl2+ radicals OH [13–20]. In classic Fenton Wastewaters from textile and dye industries are highly col- 2 2 chemistry, the reaction between hydrogen• peroxide and Fe ored. ese wastewaters are a large problem for conventional in an acidic aqueous solution is generally recognized2+ to treatment plants in the entire world. Direct discharge of produce hydroxyl radicals. e generally accepted free radical textile industry wastewater into the receiving media causes chain mechanism for the Fenton reaction is shown as below serious environmental pollution by imparting intensive color [21, 22]: and toxicity to the aquatic environment [1]. Methyl violet is a triarylmethane dye, a mutagen and mitotic poison; therefore, Fe H O Fe OH OH (1) concerns exist regarding the ecological impact of the release 2+ 3+ • − of methyl violet into the environment. Methyl violet has been OH 2 H2 O H O HO (2) used in vast quantities for textile and paper dyeing, and + ⟶ + + • • 15 of such dyes produced worldwide are released to the 2 2 2 2 Fe +HO ⟶Fe +H O (3) environment in wastewater. Numerous methods have been 3+ • 2+ + developed% to treat methyl violet pollution. e traditional Fe + HO2 ⟶ Fe + HO+ 2 (4) treatment techniques applied in textile wastewaters, include 2+ • 3+ − coagulation/�occulation [2], electrocoagulation [3], ozona- Fe + OH2 ⟶ Fe + OH2 (5) tion [4], oxidation [5], and adsorption [6–10]. Adsorption 2+ • 3+ − only does a phase transfer of the pollutant. e biological HO + HO⟶ H O+ O (6) treatment is not a complete solution to the problem due to • • the biological resistance of some dyes [11, 12]; therefore, e main objective2 + of this study⟶ is2 to analyze+ 2 the feasibility the resource to advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), like of decolorization and mineralization of methyl violet dye Fenton and photo-Fenton processes, could be a good option by Fenton processes. e in�uences of different operational to treat and eliminate textile dyes. Homogenous Fenton parameters (H O concentration, Fe , MV concentration, 2+ 2 2 2 Journal of Chemistry 2A + 100 H3C NH 95 90 85 CH3 0.5 N CH3 80 A (A/DIV.) CH 75 CH3 3 70 65 Degradation efficiencyDegradation (%) 60 0A 200 100 (NM/DIV.) 800 55 50 NBY ON 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 F 1: Chemical structure and UV-visible spectrum of MV Time (min) M. −4 1 × 10−3 1 × 10 −5 3.0 × −5 1 × 10−6 10 1 × 10 and temperature) which affect the efficiency of Fenton reac- tion have been investigated. e kinetics and thermodynamic parameters of the process also were determined. F 2: Effect of concentration of Fe on the decolorization of MV by Fenton process ([MV] = 2+M, [H O ] = M). −5 −2 2. Experimental 2 2 3.0×10 5.0×10 2.1. Material and Methods. All the reagents used in the experiments were in analytical grade (Merck) and were present study, the in�uence of different iron concentrations used without further puri�cation. All the experiments were conducted at room temperature. Methyl violet dye (Tris (Fe = 1.0 10 –1.0 10 M) is illustrated in Figure 2. e (4-(dimethylamino)phenyl) methylium chloride, MV, C.I. concentration2+ of−6 hydrogen−3 peroxide is �xed a 0.05 M, and dye 42535, MW 393.95) was used as the contaminant. Figure 1 concentration× is 3.0 10× M. It can be seen from results, MV displays the molecular structure and UV-visible spectra of degradation increased with−5 increasing Fe concentrations. MV dye. 3.0 10 stock solution of MV was prepared, is is due to the fact× that Fe plays a very2+ important role in initiating the decompositions of H O to generate the OH and working solutions−5 were prepared by the dilution. e 2+ dye oxidation was achieved by Fenton’s reagent which was in the Fenton process. When the concentrations of Fe and• × 2 2 composed of a mixture of FeSO 7H O and H O 30 . OH are high, Fe can react with the OH according to2+ (5). e necessary quantities of Fe and H O were added e• lower degradation2+ capacity of Fe at small• concentration 4 2 2 2 simultaneously in the dye solution.2+ ⋅ All experiments were% is probably due to the lowest OH 2+radicals production of 2 2 conducted in a 500 mL thermostated batch glass reactor variable for oxidation [15]. • equipped with the magnetic stirrer. e kinetics of oxidation was followed by taking samples at regular time intervals. e residual concentration of the MV in the solution 3.2. Effect of H O Concentration. e initial concentration at different times of sampling was determined. e residual of H O plays an important role in the Fenton process. concentration of the dye was deducted from the calibration Oxidation of dyes2 2 by Fenton process is carried out by OH 2 2 curves which were produced at wavelength corresponding radicals that are directly produced from the reaction between• to the maximum of absorbance (585 nm) on a UV-visible H O and Fe . To determine the concentration of H O spectrophotometer apparatus (Shimadzu 160 A). e cells giving the maximum2+ MV discoloration efficiency, experi- used were in quartz 1 cm thick. e discoloration efficiency ments2 2 were conducted, and results obtained are represented2 2 of the dye (X) with respect to its initial concentration is in Figure 3. e discoloration efficiency according to the calculated as time for different concentrations of H O shows that the dye MV degradation yield increases with increasing concentration of MV (7) H O . For the Fenton process, the addition2 2 of H O from MV [ ] 5.0 10 –1.0 10 M increases the decolorization from where MV %and 푋 [MV][ ] are0 − the initial × 100,and appropriate 752 2to 90 at 15 min of contact time. e increase2 2 in the [ ]0 −3 −1 concentration of dye at any reactions time t, respectively. decolorization× is× due to the increase in hydroxyl radical 0 [ ] concentration% % by the addition of H O [16]. However, at high 3. Results and Discussion H O concentration, efficiency of dye removal showed no signi�cant efficiency, which is due2 to2 the recombination of 3.1. Effect of Ferrous Dosage. e concentration of Fe is hydroxyl2 2 radicals, and scavenging of OH radicals will occur, one of the critical parameters in Fenton processes. In2+ the which can be expressed by (2) and (6). Journal of Chemistry 3 95 100 90 90 80 85 70 60 80 50 40 75 30 70 efficiencyDegradation (%) 20 10 Degradation efficiencyDegradation (%) 65 0 60 0 50 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Time (min) −4 −5 Time (min) 1 × 10 5 × 10 −5 −6 −3 −2 3 × 10 1 × 10 5 × 10 1 × 10 −6 1 × 10 5 × 10−2 1 × 10−1 F 4: Effect of MV concentration on the decolorization of MV F 3: Effect of the of H O on the decolorization of MV by by Fenton process ([Fe ] = 1.0 10 M, [H O ] = 5.0 10 M). Fenton process ([MV] = 2 10 M, [Fe ] = 1.0 10 M). 2 2 2+ −4 −2 −5 2+ −4 2 2 × × × × 3.5. Effect of Temperature. Temperature affects the reaction In Fenton process of MV, the decolorization efficiency is between H O and Fe , and therefore, it should in�uence not signi�cantly different at the end. More than 70 of the the dye degradation. Experiments2+ were performed by varying oxidation of MV by Fenton reaction falls down at 15 min of the temperature2 2 from 20 C to 70 C. Figure 5 illustrates the reaction. % effect of temperature on∘ the reaction∘ of MV discoloration according to time. It may be noted that the temperature 3.3.