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Copper recovery and simultaneous COD removal from copper phthalocyanine dye effluent using bipolar disc reactor

  • C. Ahmed Basha
  • , R. Saravanathamizhan
  • , V. Nandakumar
  • , K. Chitra
  • , Chang Woo Lee

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Abstract

Electrochemical treatment of real acidic effluent of copper phthalocyanine dye manufacturing plant with a view to explore the feasibility of the simultaneous removal of copper and phthalocyanine using a bipolar disc electrochemical reactor has been investigated. Experiments were conducted in a bipolar capillary gap disc stack electrochemical reactor under batch recirculation mode. Electrodes were RuO2 and IrO2 coated on titanium as anode and titanium as cathode. Effects of current density, electrolysis time and effluent flow rate on copper recovery and simultaneous COD removal and energy consumption were critically examined. The current density of 2.5Adm-2 and flow rate of 20Lh-1 achieved 91.1% COD removal and 90.1% copper recovery with the energy consumption of 50.86kWhkg-1 for COD removal and simultaneous recovery of copper in a bipolar disc stack reactor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)552-559
Number of pages8
JournalChemical Engineering Research and Design
Volume91
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2013

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
One of the authors (CAB) thanks the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies Grant funded by Korea Government (MEST, Basic Research Promotion Fund) (No. 101S-4-3-0270 ) for the financial support of this work.

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  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Batch recirculation
  • Bipolar disc stack reactor
  • Copper recovery
  • Electrochemical oxidation
  • Phthalocyanine removal

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