JPH05253581A - Treatment of waste water - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To economically treat waste water to obtain safe water by easily and rapidly treating agricultural chemicals, an org. solvent (especially, halocarbon) or a surfactant (especially, one having a side chain) hard to treat by a present activated sludge method under a mild condition in order to take measures to meet serious water pollution. CONSTITUTION:Water to be treated such as waste water is received in a container whose inside is coated with a titanium oxide film and hydrogen peroxide and a copper ion or a copper salt are added to the water to be treated to irradiate said water with light such as solar rays or water to be treated and hydrogen peroxide are received in a container whose inside is coated with a titanium oxide film containing a copper ion to be irradiated with light. By this method, the org. matter contained in the water to be treated is rapidly and perfectly oxidized and decomposed to carbon dioxide and water to obtain purified water. This waste water treatment method is extremely economical because hydrogen peroxide is inexpensive and the use amount of the copper salt is extremely small and a waste fluid containing a copper ion can be also utilized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for treating wastewater such as sewage.

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2. Description of the Related Art Water, together with air, soil, the sun, etc., is indispensable for maintaining human life, but recently, valuable water pollution has become widespread and has become a major problem.
Of particular concern are 1) pollution of groundwater and water sources by organic solvents used in high-tech industry and cleaning industry, 2) eutrophication of lakes and rivers by domestic wastewater such as synthetic detergents (surfactants). And pollution of water sources, 3) pollution of water quality due to outflow of pesticides used at golf courses, and 3) generation of harmful substances by reacting chlorine used for water purification treatment with organic substances contained in the water to be treated.

The currently widely used wastewater treatment method is the activated sludge method, but since this method uses living things called microorganisms, the reaction conditions such as temperature, pH, gas atmosphere, and toxicity are severe, and the above-mentioned pesticides and It has the drawback that it is difficult to decompose and remove organic solvents (especially halocarbons) and surfactants (especially those with side chains), and it is ineffective against them. Methods for treating such biologically difficult-to-decompose organic substances include activated carbon adsorption method, chemical oxidation method, reverse osmosis method, and incineration treatment, but all of them have problems in terms of treatment effect and economical efficiency. Many. Although chlorine and ozone are typical oxidants used in the chemical oxidation method, chlorine has a point of oxidizing power, reactivity with ammonium ions, residual chlorine due to excessive injection, and the like, or water to be treated. There is a problem that it reacts with the organic substances contained in to produce trihalomethane and organochlorine compounds that have carcinogenicity. In addition, ozone has the drawback that both equipment and operating costs are high (for example, Takamine Kitao, Ryosuke Yahashi, Water Treatment Technology, Vol.8, No.8, 35 (1976)). And incineration is not practical for dilute solutions.

The wastewater treatment method using a photocatalyst is a method for decomposing organic substances contained in the water to be treated by utilizing the redox action of electrons and holes generated by irradiating semiconductor powder such as titanium dioxide with light. However, since inorganic substances are used, the reaction conditions such as temperature, pH, gas atmosphere, and toxicity are not strict, and it has the advantage that even organic solvents that are difficult to process by the activated sludge method can be easily decomposed and removed (for example, , AL Pruden and DF Ollis, Jou
rnal of Catalysis, Vol.82, 404 (1983)). However, this method takes a long time because of the slow reaction,
Moreover, it has a drawback that the reaction stops when the dissolved oxygen contained in the water to be treated disappears. Further, the treated water has to be filtered in order to recover the semiconductor powder such as titanium dioxide which is a photocatalyst, but the photocatalyst is a fine powder, which causes clogging, and there is a problem that filtration is not easy.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above points, the present invention addresses serious water pollution by treating pesticides and organic solvents (especially halocarbons) and surface active agents (especially halocarbons) that are difficult to treat by the activated sludge method. It is intended to provide an economical wastewater treatment method that easily and quickly treats (such as those with chains) under mild conditions.

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DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The inventors of the present invention have conducted extensive research to develop a rapid treatment method for the above-mentioned persistent pollutants, and as a result, oxidize instead of semiconductor powder such as titanium dioxide. We found an unexpected fact that OH radicals are efficiently generated when a titanium film is used and hydrogen peroxide and copper ions are added to the film to irradiate light, thereby easily and rapidly decomposing persistent pollutants. It was The present invention was made based on this finding. That is, water to be treated such as wastewater is placed in a container coated with a titanium oxide film on the inside, hydrogen peroxide and a copper salt are added, and light such as sunlight is irradiated, or a titanium oxide film added with iron ions. By putting the water to be treated and hydrogen peroxide in a container coated with water and irradiating it with light, persistent pollutants are easily and quickly decomposed. In this case, since the titanium oxide film is used instead of the powder, there is no need for filtration, hydrogen peroxide has a considerably lower price per unit effective oxygen amount than ozone, and a great advantage that expensive equipment is not required. have.

The material of the container used in the method according to the invention may be concrete, glass, if it has the required strength.
Anything such as plastic, ceramics, metal, etc. may be used.
The container used in the present invention may be transparent or opaque, but when the titanium oxide film coated on the inside of the container is colorless and transparent, the transparent container also allows light to pass through the wall from the outside. This is convenient because it can be incident on the titanium oxide film.

The shape of the container used in the method according to the present invention may be any shape such as prismatic shape, cylindrical shape, spherical shape, conical shape, gourd shape and rugby ball shape. Also, the container may be closed, with or without a lid,
The reaction liquid may flow out in a circular tube shape or a rectangular tube shape.

The container coated with a titanium oxide film used in the method according to the present invention forms a gel by a sol-gel method from an alkoxide of titanium obtained by a reaction between titanium tetrachloride and alcohol, and a dip coating method or It may be manufactured by coating on the inside of the container by a spin coating method, a coating method or the like, and then firing.
The inside of a titanium container may be heated and oxidized with a gas flame to form titanium oxide. Also, CVD method, PV
A titanium oxide film may be formed on the inside of the container by a D method, a sputtering method, or the like, or a suspension of ultrafine titanium oxide may be coated on the inside of the container by a dip coating method, a spin coating method, a coating method, or the like. After that, you may bake and manufacture. The firing temperature at that time is most preferably about 500 ° C. Further, the titanium oxide-coated plate or the titanium oxide plate manufactured by the above method may be assembled to manufacture the container.

The treated water such as waste water is put into the container thus obtained, which is coated with a titanium oxide film, and hydrogen peroxide and copper ions are added to the container to irradiate it with light such as sunlight. The contained organic matter is rapidly decomposed and completely oxidized into carbon dioxide gas and water. In this case, a titanium oxide film is used, and hydrogen peroxide is finally converted into water, so that the treated water can be discharged as it is without any operation such as filtration.

The copper ions used in the method according to the present invention include not only monovalent copper ions, but also divalent copper ions and a mixture of monovalent copper ions and divalent copper ions. Examples of the method of adding copper ions to the water to be treated containing pollutants by the method of the present invention include a method of adding a copper salt or a solution or a waste solution containing copper ions.

The copper salts used in the method of the present invention include not only cuprous salts but also cupric salts and mixtures of cuprous and cupric salts, such as sulfates, nitrates and carbonates. Various salts such as salts, acetates, ammonium salts, and halides such as chloride and bromide can be used.
Nitrate or sulfate is preferable, and chloride is particularly preferable. This is because chlorine ions accelerate the reaction. The copper salt used in the method of the present invention may be an anhydrous salt or a hydrated salt.

The container coated with a titanium oxide film to which copper ions are added, which is used in the method according to the present invention, is the container coated with the titanium oxide film obtained by the above-mentioned method, which is a cuprous salt or cupric acid. It may be manufactured by immersing it in an aqueous solution of a salt or a mixture thereof and then drying it, or may be manufactured by implanting copper ions by an ion implantation method or the like. In addition, copper salt or its aqueous solution was added to the gel made from titanium alkoxide by sol-gel method, coated on the inside of the container by dip coating method, spin coating method, coating method, etc. Alternatively, it may be manufactured by adding copper salt or its aqueous solution to a suspension of ultrafine titanium oxide, coating the inside of the container by a dip coating method, a spin coating method, a coating method, etc., and then firing. Good. The firing temperature at that time is 5
Most preferred is about 00 ° C.

When water to be treated such as waste water is placed in a container having a copper oxide-added titanium oxide film coated on its inside, which is obtained in this manner, and hydrogen peroxide is added to the container to irradiate it with light such as sunlight, Organic substances contained in the treated water are quickly decomposed and completely oxidized into carbon dioxide gas and water. In this case, since copper ions are contained in the titanium oxide film, it is almost unnecessary to add copper ions or copper salts.

Examples of light sources used in the method according to the present invention include the sun, incandescent lamps, fluorescent lamps, halogen lamps, xenon lamps, mercury lamps and UV lamps. The light to be irradiated may be light having a long wavelength such as visible light, but light including a large amount of light having a short wavelength such as ultraviolet light may be used to increase the treatment speed of water. The light irradiation is performed from the inside or the opening of the container in the case of an opaque container, and from the inside or the opening or the outside of the container in the case of a transparent container. At this time, the processing speed can be increased by heating at the same time as the irradiation of light, but the temperature is most preferably about 70 ° C. Further, at that time, if stirring is performed, the processing speed can be further increased.

The amount of hydrogen peroxide used in the method of the present invention is stoichiometrically determined from the reaction formula in which the organic matter contained in the water to be treated is mineralized into carbon dioxide gas or water. In the method of the present invention using a titanium oxide film, hydrogen peroxide is generated by irradiation of light and less hydrogen peroxide is wastefully decomposed and lost, and the decomposition reaction of organic substances contained in the water to be treated is efficient. The amount of hydrogen peroxide added may be approximately stoichiometric. In order to further increase the reaction efficiency, a titanium oxide film doped with magnesium, niobium, titanium, iron or the like may be used, or a dye or a platinum film may be coated. Further, in the method according to the present invention, since copper ions react with hydrogen peroxide in a chain reaction by irradiation with light, the addition amount of copper ions or copper salt may be a very small amount of catalyst. Since treated water such as waste water often already contains copper ions, it may not be necessary to add copper ions or copper salts.

When hydrogen peroxide and copper salts are added to water to be treated such as wastewater and light such as sunlight is irradiated, organic substances contained in the water to be treated are rapidly decomposed to carbon dioxide gas and water. It is completely oxidized. In the method according to the present invention, not only the cuprous salt but also the cupric salt, the mixture of the cuprous salt and the cupric salt, or the solution or the waste solution containing copper ions can be used, and the reaction conditions are not limited. The wastewater can be treated quickly by the simple method of irradiating with light. At this time, the processing speed can be increased by heating at the same time as the irradiation of light, but the temperature is most preferably about 70 ° C. Also,
At that time, if stirring is performed, the processing speed can be further increased.

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EXAMPLES Among the examples of the present invention, particularly representative ones are shown below.

Example 1 An aqueous solution of 4-nitrophenylethylphenylphosphinate, an organophosphorus pesticide, at a concentration of 4000 ppm was placed in a hard glass container coated with a titanium oxide film on the inside, and 12000 ppm of hydrogen peroxide was added. And 150 ppm cupric chloride dihydrate are added, and the light of a 500 W xenon lamp is adjusted to 1 while stirring with a magnetic stirrer.
Irradiation for 20 minutes. As a result of analyzing the total organic carbon amount (TOC value) of the obtained reaction liquid using a total organic carbon meter,
The TOC value of the reaction solution was reduced by 80%.

Comparative Example 4 of 4-nitrophenylethylphenylphosphinate
An aqueous solution having a concentration of 000 ppm was placed in a hard glass container coated with a titanium oxide film on the inside, 150 ppm of cupric chloride dihydrate was added, and the mixture was stirred with a magnetic stirrer while stirring with a 500 W xenon lamp. The light was irradiated for 1 hour and 20 minutes. As a result of analyzing the TOC value of the obtained reaction liquid using a total organic carbon meter, the TOC value of the reaction liquid was 10
Only%. Further, in Example 1, when the cupric chloride dihydrate was not added, the TOC value of the reaction solution was reduced by only 40%. Other organophosphorus pesticides such as 4-nitrophenyl diethyl phosphate, diethyl benzyl phosphate, diethyl-p-nitrophenyl thiophosphate, 0.0-dimethyl-S-
Similar results were obtained with (1,2-dicarbetoxyethyl) phosphorodithioate.

Example 2 A lead glass container coated with a titanium oxide film on the inside was 2 g /
It was put in an aqueous ethanol solution of potassium chloroplatinate (1) and stirred with a magnetic stirrer, and was irradiated with light of a 100 W mercury lamp for 4 hours to coat the surface of the titanium oxide film with platinum. 400 ml of trichlorethylene in this container
An aqueous solution having a concentration of ppm was added, hydrogen peroxide of 600 ppm and copper acetate of 20 ppm were added, and light of an incandescent lamp of 500 W was irradiated for 1 hour while stirring with a magnetic stirrer. As a result of analyzing the TOC value contained in the obtained reaction solution using a total organic carbon meter, the TOC value of the reaction solution was 95%.
It was found that 95% of trichlorethylene had decomposed.

Comparative Example A container prepared in Example 2 was charged with an aqueous solution of trichloroethylene having a concentration of 400 ppm and 20 ppm of copper acetate, and irradiated with light of a 500 W incandescent lamp for 1 hour while stirring with a magnetic stirrer. As a result of analyzing the TOC value of the obtained reaction solution using a total organic carbon meter, the TOC value of the reaction solution was reduced by only 11%. Further, in the case where copper acetate was not added in Example 2, the TOC value of the reaction solution was 45%.
Only decreased.

Example 3 Titanium oxide film coated on the inside 8 mm in diameter and 30 cm in length
The quartz glass circular tube is immersed in a 10% solution of cupric sulfate and dried, and then a solution of tetrachloroethylene having a concentration of 300 ppm and 500 ppm of hydrogen peroxide added thereto is slowly flowed down at 50 ° C. Meanwhile, the light of a 500 W xenon lamp was irradiated from the outside for 1 hour. As a result of analyzing the TOC value of the obtained reaction solution using a total organic carbon meter, the TOC value of the reaction solution was reduced by 93%.

Comparative Example In the same manner as in Example 3, a solution of an aqueous solution of tetrachloroethylene having a concentration of 300 ppm heated to 50 ° C. was slowly flowed down and irradiated with 500 W of a xenon lamp from the outside for 1 hour. As a result of analyzing the TOC value of the obtained reaction liquid using a total organic carbon meter, the TOC value of the reaction liquid was 20.
Only%.

Example 4 A 1% solution of disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate, which is difficult to treat with activated sludge, was placed in an alumina container whose inside was coated with a titanium oxide film containing cupric nitrate, and 3% hydrogen peroxide was added. Was added, and the mixture was irradiated with light from a 500 W UV lamp for 1 hour while stirring. The TOC value of the obtained reaction solution was analyzed by using a total organic carbon meter, and the COD value (chemical oxygen demand) was analyzed by a COD measuring device. As a result, the TOC value of the reaction solution was 85%, and the COD value was Also decreased by 80%.

Comparative Example A 1% solution of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium was placed in the same container as in Example 4 and irradiated with a 500 W UV lamp for 1 hour while stirring. T of the obtained reaction solution
The OC value was measured using a total organic carbon meter, and the COD value was measured using CO
As a result of analysis by a D measuring device, both the TOC value and the COD value of the reaction solution were reduced by about 10%.

Example 5 An aqueous solution of a synthetic detergent (alkylbenzene sulfonic acid) having a concentration of 80 ppm was placed in a hard glass container coated with a niobium-doped titanium oxide film on the inside, and 300 ppm hydrogen peroxide and 20 ppm copper ions were contained therein. Add wastewater,
While stirring with a magnetic stirrer, sunlight was irradiated for one and a half hours. The TOC value of the obtained reaction solution was analyzed using a total organic carbon meter, and the concentration of alkylbenzene sulfonic acid was analyzed by the methylene blue method. As a result, the concentration of alkylbenzenesulfonic acid in the reaction solution was reduced to 8 ppm, and the TOC value was also reduced by 90%.

Comparative Example An aqueous solution of a synthetic detergent (alkylbenzene sulfonic acid) having a concentration of 80 ppm was placed in the same container as in Example 5, and the mixture was irradiated with sunlight for 1 hour and a half while stirring with a magnetic stirrer. The TOC value of the obtained reaction solution was analyzed using a total organic carbon meter, and the concentration of alkylbenzene sulfonic acid was analyzed by the methylene blue method. As a result, the concentration of the alkylbenzene sulfonic acid in the reaction solution did not change much to 70 ppm, and the TOC value was reduced only by 13%.
Further, when the waste water containing copper ions was not added in Example 5, the TOC value of the reaction solution and the concentration of alkylbenzene sulfonic acid were reduced by only 55%.

Example 6 An aqueous solution of chloroform having a concentration of 300 ppm was placed in a hard glass container having a titanium oxide film coated on the inside thereof, and was put at 25
0 ppm of hydrogen peroxide and 25 ppm of cuprous chloride were added, and light was irradiated for 1 hour and 20 minutes using 10 fluorescent lamps of 30 W while stirring with a magnetic stirrer. As a result of analyzing the TOC value of the obtained reaction liquid using a total organic carbon meter, the TOC value of the reaction liquid was reduced by 83%.

COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE A container similar to that used in Example 6 was charged with an aqueous solution of chloroform having a concentration of 300 ppm and 25 ppm of cuprous chloride and stirred with a magnetic stirrer to obtain a 10 W fluorescent lamp.
The book was used and irradiated with light for 1 hour and 20 minutes. As a result of analyzing the TOC value of the obtained reaction liquid using a total organic carbon meter, the TOC value of the reaction liquid was reduced by only 12%. Also,
When cuprous chloride was not added in Example 6, T of the reaction solution
The OC value decreased only 41%.

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INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the present invention copes with serious water pollution, and pesticides and organic solvents (especially halocarbons) which are difficult to treat by the activated sludge method, and surfactants (especially those having a side chain). The present invention provides an economical wastewater treatment method capable of easily and quickly treating such substances) under mild conditions.
Put water to be treated such as waste water in a container coated with titanium oxide film inside, add hydrogen peroxide and copper ion or copper salt and irradiate with light such as sunlight, or oxidize by adding copper ion By putting the water to be treated and hydrogen peroxide into a container coated with a titanium film inside and irradiating it with or without heating, the organic substances contained in the water to be treated are rapidly decomposed into carbon dioxide gas and water. And you can get purified water. Hydrogen peroxide used in the method according to the present invention is inexpensive, the amount of copper salt used is very small, and a waste liquid containing copper ions can be used, which is very economical. In addition, if the wastewater treatment process according to the present invention is carried out to decompose hardly-decomposable substances, then water treatment by the activated sludge method is performed
Greater water purification effect.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A method for treating waste water, which comprises placing water to be treated in a container coated with a titanium oxide film, adding hydrogen peroxide and copper ions, and irradiating with light. 2. A method for treating waste water, which comprises irradiating light with water to be treated, hydrogen peroxide and copper salt being placed in a container coated with a titanium oxide film on the inside. 3. A method for treating wastewater, which comprises irradiating light with water to be treated, wastewater containing hydrogen peroxide and copper ions being placed in a container coated with a titanium oxide film. 4. A method for treating waste water, which comprises irradiating light with water to be treated and hydrogen peroxide placed in a container whose inside is coated with a titanium oxide film added with copper ions. 5. The wastewater treatment method according to claim 1, wherein heating and stirring are performed at the same time as irradiating with light.