<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This work reports on the process of phenol electrooxidation, which is carried-out through continuous electrolysis of synthetic, sodium sulphate-based wastewater. Phenol electrodegradation is examined by means of a laboratory size (<italic>ca.</italic> 700 cm<sub>3</sub> of working volume), poly (methyl methacrylate)-made electrolyser unit for various, carbon fibre and graphite-based anode configurations, and stainless steel cathodes, two different current-densities and concentrations of phenol in synthetically prepared wastewater solution. Proper monitoring of phenol degradation (including quantitative identification of reaction products and calculation of specific energy consumption) in wastewater is performed by means of instrumental, combined HPLC and MS technique in function of electrolysis time.</p></abstract>

This work reports on the process of phenol electrooxidation, which is carried-out through continuous electrolysis of synthetic, sodium sulphate-based wastewater. Phenol electrodegradation is examined by means of a laboratory size (ca. 700 cm3 of working volume), poly (methyl methacrylate)-made electrolyser unit for various, carbon fibre and graphite-based anode configurations, and stainless steel cathodes, two different current-densities and concentrations of phenol in synthetically prepared wastewater solution. Proper monitoring of phenol degradation (including quantitative identification of reaction products and calculation of specific energy consumption) in wastewater is performed by means of instrumental, combined HPLC and MS technique in function of electrolysis time.

Electrooxidation of phenol on carbon fibre-based anodes through continuous electrolysis of synthetic wastewater

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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This work reports on the process of phenol electrooxidation, which is carried-out through continuous electrolysis of synthetic, sodium sulphate-based...

Electrooxidation of phenol on carbon fibre-based anodes through continuous electrolysis of synthetic wastewater

Published Online: Apr 16, 2018

Page range: 96 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2018-0014

Keywords
phenol electrooxidation reaction, carbon fibre, wastewater electrolysis, High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry analysis

© 2018 Grazyna Piotrowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Electrooxidation of phenol on carbon fibre-based anodes through continuous electrolysis of synthetic wastewater

Published Online: Apr 16, 2018

Page range: 96 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2018-0014

Keywordsphenol electrooxidation reaction, carbon fibre, wastewater electrolysis, High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry analysis

© 2018 Grazyna Piotrowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
phenol electrooxidation reaction, carbon fibre, wastewater electrolysis, High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry analysis