Dechlorination by combined electrochemical reduction and oxidation

INTRODUCTION Chlorinated phenols compounds used widely in industry were intentionally or inadvertently released into environment in large quantities. These chlorin-ated aromatic compounds have strong resistance to physical, chemical and biological treatments and have been listed as a priority pollutant by the U.S. Envi-ronmental Protection Agency (Lin and Tseng, 1999). Wastewater containing chlorophenols has malodor-ous odor, high toxicity, bioaccumulation and car-cinogenic potential. …     

Influence of crucial parameters on the dechlorination treatments of ferrous objects from seawater

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This article compares chemical dechlorination treatments (immersion in sodium hydroxide or alkaline sulphite) and electrochemical treatments of iron bars from the Gallo-Roman period excavated from a marine environment. Some important parameters, such as storage before treatment, temperature, solution composition, and drying after treatment, were varied during the study to assess their influence on the chloride extraction process. The kinetics of these treatments depend mainly on chloride diffusion through the corrosion layers. The kinetics are promoted by high temperatures and, in the case of electrolysis, by the electric field effect. The reduction of corrosion products during electrolysis occurs only for objects previously stored in air. In fact, the manner in which the objects are stored before treatment is critical in the dechlorination processes. The sooner the objects are treated after excavation (with water storage), the better the removal of chloride ions, in both chemical immersion and electrolysis treatments. But if the object is stored in air, material losses occur, and only electrolysis results in complete extraction of the chlorides. These differences are due to modifications in the corrosion products during storage. Drying after treatment also has a significant impact on the composition of the corrosion layers. If the objects are dried too quickly, Fe(OH)₂ oxidizes into FeOOH, which thus forms a layer with low cohesion.     

Science Letters:Dechlorination mechanism of 2,4-dichlorophenol by Ni/Fe nanoparticles in the presence of humic acid

To understand the feasibility of its application to the in situ remediation of contaminated groundwater, the dechlori-nation of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) by Ni/Fe nanoparticles in the presence of humic acid (HA) was investigated. We found that, as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used, the 2,4-DCP was first quickly reduced to o-chlorophenol (o-CP) andp-chlorophenol (p-CP), and then reduced to phenol as the final product. Our experimental results indicated that HA had an adverse effect on the dechlorination of 2,4-DCP by Ni/Fe nanoparticles, as the HA concentration increased, the removal rate decreased evidently. It also demonstrated that 2,4-DCP was reduced more easily to o-CP than to p-CP, and that the sequence of the tendency in dechlorination of intermediates was p-CP>o-CP. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) showed that HA could act as an adsorbate to compete reactive sites on the surface of Ni/Fe nanoparticles to decrease the dechlorination rate. Also we con-cluded that the dechlorination reaction of 2,4-DCP over Ni/Fe nanoparticles progressed through catalytic reductive dechlorination.     

Dechlorination mechanism of 2,4-dichlorophenol by Ni/Fe nanoparticles in the presence of humic acid

To understand the feasibility of its application to the in situ remediation of contaminated groundwater, the dechlorination of 2,4-dichlorophenol （2,4-DCP） by Ni/Fe nanoparticles in the presence of humic acid （HA） was investigated. We found that, as high performance liquid chromatography （HPLC） was used, the 2,4-DCP was first quickly reduced to o-chlorophenol （o-CP） andp-chlorophenol （p-CP）, and then reduced to phenol as the final product. Our experimental results indicated that HA had an adverse effect on the dechlorination of 2,4-DCP by Ni/Fe nanoparticles, as the HA concentration increased, the removal rate decreased evidently. It also demonstrated that 2,4-DCP was reduced more easily to o-CP than to p-CP, and that the sequence of the tendency in dechlorination of intermediates was p-CP〉o-CP. Transmission electron microscope （TEM） showed that HA could act as an adsorbate to compete reactive sites on the surface of Ni/Fe nanoparticles to decrease the dechlorination rate. Also we concluded that the dechlorination reaction of 2,4-DCP over Ni/Fe nanoparticles progressed through catalytic reductive dechlorination.     

Kinetics of 2,4-dichlorophenol dechlorination by Pd-Fe bimetallic nanoparticles in the presence of humic acid

The remediation of groundwater which contains chlorinated organic compounds （COCs） by nanoscale bimetallic catalysts has received increasing interest in recent years. This report presents the dechlorination of 2,4-dichlorophenol （2,4-DCP） by Pd-Fe bimetallic nanoparticles in the presence of humic acid （HA） to investigate the feasibility of using Pd-Fe for the in situ remediation of contaminated groundwater. Our experimental results indicated that HA had an adverse effect on the dechlorination of 2,4-DCP by Pd-Fe nanoparticles. The rate constant k values of 2,4-DCP dechlorination were 0.017, 0.013, 0.009, 0.006 and 0.004 min^-1 for HA concentrations of 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 mg/L, respectively. The relationship between HA dosage and k values can be described as a linear model.     

六氯苯的水相催化脱氯研究

一种新型双负载双金属催化剂PVP-PdCl2-MnXm/MontK10-PEG400的制备,是把起相转移作用的聚乙二醇(PEG),键合到蒙脱土上,将聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)络合双金属后再负载其上。以甲酸钠为氢转移试剂,用此催化剂在水相中对六氯苯进行催化脱氯。当反应温度为90℃,反应时间为36小时,且Pd和金属M的摩尔比为4∶1时,其转化率为100%。该催化剂不但易于制备,而且便于分离。