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Electro‐oxidation of phenol in petroleum wastewater using a novel pilot‐scale electrochemical cell with graphite and stainless‐steel electrodes
Author(s) -
AbouTaleb Enas M.,
Hellal Mohamed S.,
Kamal Kholod H.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/wej.12624
Subject(s) - phenol , chemical oxygen demand , anode , wastewater , graphite , cathode , electrode , electrochemistry , materials science , biochemical oxygen demand , organic matter , petroleum , pulp and paper industry , chemical engineering , waste management , chemistry , metallurgy , environmental engineering , environmental science , organic chemistry , engineering
This work investigated the removal of phenol from petroleum wastewater by the electro‐oxidation process. The experimental design was developed on a pilot‐scale electro‐oxidation system equipped with a cylindrical shape of graphite electrodes as an anode and stainless‐steel electrodes as a cathode. An initial study was performed based on operating variables such as current density and time on real petroleum wastewater. The optimum conditions were obtained as a current density of 3 mA/cm 2 and time 15 min. Under these applied optimum conditions, complete phenol removal from an initial concentration of about 6.8 mg/L was achieved. Also, 50–60% removal of organic matter in terms of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biological oxygen demand (BOD). The removal of organic matter using electro‐oxidation requires a long reaction time. Also, the economic study indicated that the energy consumption was determined to be 0.79 kWh/m 3 and the operating cost was 0.051 $/m 3 which is very economical compared with conventional methods.