Electrochemical disinfection using the gas diffusion electrode system |
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Authors: | Wenying Xu Ping Li Bin Dong |
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Institution: | 1. National Engineering Research Center for Urban Pollution Control, Tong]I University, Shanghai 200092, China;State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 2 2. National Engineering Research Center for Urban Pollution Control, Tong]i University, Shanghai 200092, China |
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Abstract: | A study on the electrochemical disinfection with H_2O_2 generated at the gas diffusion electrode (GDE) from active carbon/poly-tetrafluorcethylene was performed in a non-membrane cell. The effects of Pt load and the pore-forming agent content in GDE, and operating conditions were investigated. The experimental results showed that nearly all bacterial cultures inoculated in the secondary effluent from wastewater treatment plant could be inactivated within 30 min at a current density of 10 mA/cm~2. The disinfection improved with increasing Pt load. Addition of the pore-forming agent NH_4HCO_3 improved the disinfection, while a drop in the pH value resulted in a rapid rise of germicidal efficacy and the disinfection time was shortened with increasing oxygen flow rate. Adsorption was proved to be ineffective in destroying bacteria, while germicidal efficacy increased with current density. The acceleration rate was different, it initially increased with current density. Then decreased, and finally reached a maximum at a current density of 6.7 mA/cm~2. The disinfection also improved with decreasing total bacterial count. The germicidal efficacy in the cathode compartment was approximately the same as in the anode compartment, indicating that the contribution of direct oxidation and the indirect treatment of bacterial cultures by hydroxyl radical was similar to the oxidative indirect effect of the generated H_2O_2. |
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Keywords: | gas diffusion electrode cathode oxygen reduction electrochemical disinfection mechanism analysis |
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