Efficient treatment of surfactant containing wastewater by photocatalytic ozonation with BiPO 4 nanorods

In this study, monoclinic BiPO nanorods were fabricated by one-pot solvothermal method. Its catalytic capability in photocatalytic ozonation process was tested by degradation and mineralization of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) solution. The results demonstrated that the TOC removal rate was dramatically improved to 90.0% at 75 min for UV/O /BiPO process, which was 4.9 and 3.8 times more than that of UV/BiPO and O . Moreover, the pseudo-first-order kinetic constant (0.337 min ) and mineralization rate (90.0%) for SDBS degradation using BiPO in UV/O process were 1.6 and 1.3 times as great as that of conventional TiO photocatalyst (0.206 min , 67.3%). The influence of BiPO dosage, O concentration initial pH and coexisted ions on SDBS degradation in UV/O /BiPO process were also investigated. The outcome of quenching studies illustrated both ·OH and h contributed prominently to SDBS degradation in UV/O /BiPO process, implying that high valence band position of BiPO could promote the synergism between photocatalysis and ozonation. The degradation pathway of SBDS was proposed by combination of intermediates analysis and DFT calculation. Real carwash wastewater was chosen as typical surfactant containing wastewater to explore the practical application of UV/O /BiPO technology. During 30 min, COD and LAS removal efficiency reached 59.7% and 70.6%, respectively. The quality indices of effluent could meet the requirements for reuse of carwash water in Water Quality Standard for Urban Miscellaneous Use in China. Energy consumption in the process was calculated as 13.9 kW h m , which was about 3.6 and 2.2 times less than that of UV/BiPO and O process, respectively. The results suggest that UV/O /BiPO system has an application potential for surfactant containing wastewater treatment or recycle.