Desenvolvimento de um tratamento contínuo de efluente têxtil utilizando filtros de cigarros modificados com íons férricos

Abstract

With the increase of the population in the last decades, consequently the number of industries increases to satisfy the basic necessities of the population. Among these companies, the industry that stands out in the region of Paraná is the textile sector, where it occupies the second largest confectionary pole in Brazil. The biggest problem of this sector is that during the processing of the tissues 10-15% of the dyes are leached to the environment, causing serious damages to the own environment. The Oxidative Advanced Process (PAO) is based on the generation of the hydroxyl radical (HO•), which is a strong oxidizing agent leading to the oxidation of organic problem. This process can still be divided into several types, such as homogeneous and heterogeneous processes with and without radiation. Thus the objective of this work was to study the degradation of a real textile effluent using the "Fenton-like" process, where the cigarette filters are used as support material for the immobilization of ferric ions. To monitor the degradation, analytical techniques such as Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Turbidity, Color, Total Iron Detection and the detection of hydrogen peroxide.The results showed that in the continuous reactor the TOC was reduced by 78.62%, the COD by 64%, the turbidity 65.5%, while the color 42% by 90 minutes of reaction. Total iron leaching was 0.072 mg L-1 and the residual peroxide was 29 mg L-1. This shows us the efficiency of this method for treatment of textile effluents.