2-chlorophenol oxidation kinetic by photo-assisted Fenton process

Experimental data are presented to test and validate a kinetic model for the oxidation of 2-chlorophenol wastewater by photo-assistedFenton process. The data showed that this process had produced good effects under acidic conductions. Up to 90% 2-chlorophenol was removedafter 90-minute reaction time with H2 O2 of 25 % CODcr in while in UV/H2 O2 system only 16.8% 2-chlorophenol was removed after one hourtreatment. The optimal pH in this reaction occurred between pH 3.0 and pH 4.0. The reaction kinetics for photo-assisted Fenton processexperimented in this research was investigated. Kinetic models were proposed for the treatment of 2-chlorophenol wastewater. The reaction wasfound to follow the 2nd order. The equations of reaction kinetics are as follows: - dt/d[RH]＝ KRH [ RH] [ H2O2 ]0exp(-KH2O2t); -dt/d[CODcr]＝ KCODCr[CODCr][ H2O2 ]0exp( - K't). The prediction of the models was found to be in a good agreement with experimentalresults, thus confirming the proposed reaction mechanism.