Influence Factors of Cu-Fe-La/FSC Catalyst Applications in CWAO Technology

Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation (CWAO) is one of advanced oxidation methods about organic wastewater treatment, and the treatment effect of high concentration organic wastewater is remarkable with this method. In this study, the influence factors of the reaction temperature, the reaction pressure and the influent pH were researched on the treatment of the printing and dyeing wastewater with Cu-Fe-La/FSC catalyst, by the single factor experiments and Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation (CWAO) method. Then the catalysts were evaluated by two aspects of the activity and stability. The results show that: with the increase of the reaction temperatures and the reaction pressures, and with the decrease of the influent pH, the CODCrremoval rate improved and the effluent pH reduced. However, the amount of dissolution catalyst components increased with the improvement of treatment effect and the extension of reaction time. By weighing the activity and stability of the catalysts, the optimized reaction temperature, the reaction pressure and the influent pH are 180 °C, 2.5 MPa and 7.25, respectively. Under the optimized operating conditions, the printing and dyeing wastewater with CODCrof 2000 mg/L reaches the CODCrremoval rate of 78.2%, and the dissolvedC[Cu] andC[Fe] of the catalysts are 12.2 and 10.9 mg/L, respectively. Therefore, the catalyst Cu-Fe-La/FSC presents the high activity and stability.