A liquid treatment device includes a rod-shaped first electrode; a plate-shaped second electrode configured from a metal containing copper or iron; and a treatment vessel in which introduced liquid swirls, and generates a gas phase in a swirl flow of the liquid. A plasma is generated by applying a pulse voltage to the generated gas phase, and a negative DC voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode serving as a cathode and an anode, respectively. Under the applied negative voltage, the plate-like second electrode generates copper ions or iron ions, and the copper or iron ions undergo Fenton's reaction with the hydrogen peroxide generated by the plasma so that liquid can be efficiently treated.

A process for removing chemical oxygen demand, which realizes the deep COD treatment by the combination of metal salt and hydrogen peroxide and then by an ozone containing gas with hydrogen peroxide or ultraviolet radiation with hydrogen peroxide. It features using less metal salt and hydrogen peroxide, having less ozone gas residual and being more suitable for industrialization.

An organic contaminants treatment system comprises a first pH adjustment tank, a Fenton reaction tank, an H.sub.2O.sub.2 purging tank, a second pH adjustment tank, a holding tank, and a membrane tank. An organic contaminants treatment method couples Fenton reaction and membrane filtration.

Provided is a catalyst for an electro-Fenton system. The catalyst includes one or more species of SO.sub.4.sup.2-functionalized transition metal oxide grains. Also provided is an electrode for an electro-Fenton system. The electrode includes the catalyst. Also provided is an electro-Fenton system that includes the catalyst, an electrode comprising the catalyst, and an aqueous electrolyte solution.

The present invention relates to a method for zero-release treatment of brine waste water, comprising: (1) pretreatment; (2) reverse osmosis treatment; (3) advanced oxidation treatment; (4) biochemical treatment; (5) electrodialysis concentration; (6) circulating crystallization. Compared with the prior art, the method for zero-release treatment of brine waste water provided in the present invention realizes zero release or near zero release of waste water, improves salt recovery efficiency, can recover high-quality sodium sulfate, mirabilite and sodium chloride, and turns crystalline salts into a resource; the membrane treatment unit can operates stably in the process for a long operation period at a low cost, and the entire process has high economic efficiency.

An apparatus for refractory organics conversion into biogas includes an anaerobic digester configured to be fed with organic material comprising refractory organics and to generate biogas and a digestate comprising at least a part of the refractory organics, wherein the apparatus comprises a device for a controlled partial oxidation of the refractory organics comprising an inlet configured to be fed with refractory organics and means configured to control the residence time of the refractory organics within the device for a controlled partial oxidation, so as to partially degrade refractory organics. A method for refractory organics conversion into biogas carried out using such an apparatus is also provided.

Copper-boron-ferrite (CuBFe) composites may be prepared and immobilized on graphite electrodes in a silica-based sol-gel, e.g., from rice husks. Different bimetallic loading ratios can produce fast in-situ electrogeneration of reactive oxygen species, H.sub.2O.sub.2 and .Math.OH, e.g., via droplet flow-assisted heterogeneous electro-Fenton reactor system. Loading ratios of, e.g., 10 to 30 wt. % Fe.sup.3+ and 5 to 15% wt. Cu.sup.2+, can improve the catalytic activities towards pharmaceutical beta blockers (atenolol and propranolol) degradation in water. Degradation efficiencies of at least 99.9% for both propranolol and atenolol in hospital wastewater were demonstrated. Radicals of .Math.OH in degradation indicate a surface mechanism at inventive cathodes with correlated contributions of iron and copper. Copper and iron can be embedded in porous graphite electrode surface and catalyze the conversion of H.sub.2O.sub.2 to .Math.OH to enhance the degradation. Inventive cathodes can be stable catalytically after 20 or more cycles under neutral and acidic conditions.

The present invention discloses a method for preparing Erdite rod-shaped particles for water treatment by utilizing iron-containing waste mud in an underground water plant. In the method, aqueous iron mud is subjected to mechanical dehydration to obtain a first aqueous iron mud; sodium sulfide is added to the first aqueous iron mud to obtain a first mixture, wherein the ratio of the weight of the first aqueous iron mud to the volume of sodium sulfide is between 3% and 15%; water of an equal volume is added to the first mixture, and the obtained solution is heated in an airtight manner to 140 C.-270 C.; centrifugal treatment is performed to obtain a supernatant and a solid, and the solid is subjected to vacuum drying at 40 C.-60 C. for 24h to obtain Erdite rod-shaped particles. In the method, aqueous iron mud formed after precipitation of backwash wastewater is directly used, no drying treatment is needed, and silicon and aluminum and other impurities do not need to be removed, thereby saving costs; Na.sub.2S is directly added to iron mud which is subjected to mechanical dehydration, and adjustment of pH value is not needed, therefore, the preparation method is convenient; and a supernatant can be recycled, thereby lowering preparation cost, and expanding an application range of the method.

A device for sewage treatment comprises a treatment tank, a power and electric control unit, a gas supply and tail gas recovery unit and a circular reaction treatment unit; the treatment tank is provided with a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, a gas intake port and a tail gas exhaust port; the gas supply and tail gas recovery unit is communicated with the treatment tank through the gas intake port; the tail gas exhaust port is communicated with the gas supply and tail gas recovery unit; the circular reaction treatment unit comprises an external circulating device and a reaction treatment element arranged inside the treatment tank.

A method for reducing the amount of acrylamide in recovered water from a fryer stack. This invention provides a method to treat acrylamide in the waste water/process water. Organic compounds such as phenols, acrylamide and phenolic compounds can be oxidized in the presence of oxidizing compounds like hypo and Fenton reagent. Fenton reagent is a product of reaction of Iron Salts (like Ferrous Sulphate-FeSO4) and Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2). It generates OH* (radical) which has significantly more oxidation power compared to traditional oxidizing agents such as Chlorine. The fryer stack water is collected and treated using Fenton reagent such that the Acrylamide levels are reduced to less than 0.1 ppb in the recovered water.