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. 2019 Jul 4;9:9689. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45948-9

Table 2.

Conventional parameters of the effluents from different stages of the rapid Fenton process of BDFW at second-scale intervals.

Parameter Average value ± standard deviation
Secondary effluent Fenton effluent Floatation effluent
COD (mg·L−1) 140 ± 3 77 ± 3 76 ± 3
removal efficiency / 45% ± 2% 46% ± 2%
SCOD (mg·L−1) 110 ± 3 71 ± 3 70 ± 3
removal efficiency / 35% ± 3% 36% ± 3%
DOC (mg-C·L−1) 35 ± 2 26 ± 2 25 ± 2
removal efficiency / 26% ± 3% 29% ± 3%
BOD5 (mg·L−1) 3 ± 1 1 ± 1 2 ± 1
removal efficiency / 67% ± 33% 33% ± 33%
TN (mg-N·L−1) 48 ± 2 47 ± 2 46 ± 2
removal efficiency / 2% ± 2% 4% ± 2%
NH3-N (mg-N·L−1) 0.04 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01
removal efficiency / 25% ± 25% 50% ± 25%
TP (mg-P·L−1) 4.19 ± 0.05 1.14 ± 0.05 1.21 ± 0.05
removal efficiency / 73% ± 1% 71% ± 1%
Inhibitory effect (%) 51 31 30

Experimental conditions: H2O2 dosage = 128 mg·L−1, [H2O2]:[Fe2+] mole ratio = 1:2, reaction time = 24 s, pH = 3–4.