Use of catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) for pretreatment of high-salinity high-organic wastewater.

Catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) coupled desalination technology provides a possibility for the effective and economic degradation of high salinity and high organic wastewater. Chloride widely occurs in natural and wastewaters, and its high content jeopardizes the efficacy of Advanced oxidation process (AOPs). Thus, a novel chlorine ion resistant catalyst B-site Ru doped LaFeRuO in CWAO treatment of chlorine ion wastewater was examined. Especially, LaFeRuO was 45.5% better than that of the 6%RuO@TiO (commercial carrier) on total organic carbon (TOC) removal. Also, doped catalysts LaFeRuO showed better activity than supported catalysts RuO@LaFeO and RuO@TiO with the same Ru content. Moreover, LaFeRuO has novel chlorine ion resistance no matter the concentration of Cl and no Ru dissolves after the reaction. X-ray diffraction (XRD) refinement, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) measurements verified the structure of LaFeRuO. Kinetic data and density functional theory (DFT) proved that Fe is the site of acetic acid oxidation and adsorption of chloride ions. The existence of Fe in LaFeRuO could adsorb chlorine ion (catalytic activity inhibitor), which can protect the Ru site and other active oxygen species to exert catalytic activity. This work is essential for the development of chloride-resistant catalyst in CWAO.