Electrochemical oxidation of m-cresol purple dye in aqueous media

The present investigation showed that the indicator dye m-cresol purple (mCP) was degraded in a laboratory scale, undivided electrolysis cell system. A platinum anode was used for generation of chlorine in the dye solution. The influence of supporting electrolyte, applied voltage, pH, initial dye concentration and temperature were studied. The ultraviolet-visible spectra of samples during the electrochemical oxidation showed rapid decolorization of the dye solution. During the electrochemical degradation process, dye concentration and current were measured to evaluate the energy consumption and current efficiency. After 10 minutes of electrolysis, a solution containing 20 mg/L mCP showed complete color removal at a supporting electrolyte concentration of 1 g/L NaCl, initial pH 6.7, temperature 25 degrees C and applied voltage 5 V; however, when pH was kept at 6.7, a higher rate constant was observed. There was good fit of the data to pseudo-first-order kinetics for dye removal in all experiments. Dependence of the decolorization rate on the initial mCP concentration can be described as r(o alphamCP]o)(-0.98). The apparent activation energy for the electrochemical decolorization of mCP was determined to be -6.29 kJ/mol

Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetic expression for the photocatalytic degradation of Metanil yellow aqueous solutions by ZnO catalyst

The kinetics studies of the adsorption and degradation phenomena involved in the photocatalytic degradation of Metanil Yellow (MY) were investigated using a batch reactor and UV light irradiation. Experiments were performed in a suspended ZnO system at natural pH of 6.93 and catalyst concentration of 1 g L-1. The initial concentration of MY varied between 10- 50 mg L-1. The kinetic analysis of the photodecomposition of MY showed that the disappearance followed satisfactorily the pseudo first-order according to Langmuir—Hinshelwood model. From the results, the adsorption was found to be an essential factor in the photodegradability of the dye. The linear transform of the Langmuir isotherm curve was further used to determine the characteristic parameters which were: maximum absorbable dye quantity Qmax = 6.802 mg g_1 and adsorption equilibrium constant Kads = 0.168 L mg_1. The adsorption constant calculated from the linear form of this model, KLH = 0.155 L mg_1 was found reasonably similar to Kads deduced from isotherm adsorption

Effect of operational parameters and kinetic study on the photocatalytic degradation of m-cresol purple using irradiated ZnO in aqueous medium

A detailed investigation of photocatalytic degradation of m-cresol purple (mCP) dye has been carried out in aqueous heterogeneous medium containing zinc oxide (ZnO) as the photocatalyst in a batch reactor. The effects of some parameters such as amount of photocatalyst, dye concentration, initial pH of solution, ethanol concentration and temperature were examined. The most efficient pH in removal of the dye with photocatalytic degradation and dark surface adsorption processes was observed to be 8. The adsorption constant calculated from the linear transform of the Langmuir isotherm model was similar to that obtained in photocatalytic degradation at pH = 8; hence, the Langmuir–Hinshelwood model was found to be accurate for photocatalytic degradation at this pH. Dark surface adsorption and degradation efficiency were increased by enhancement in the temperature at the optimum pH of 8 and the apparent activation energy (Ea) for the photocatalytic degradation of mCP was determined as 14.09 kJ/mol at this pH. The electrical energy consumption per order of magnitude (EEO) for photocatalytic degradation of mCP was also determined