Design of Nano-Catalyst for Removal of Phenolic Compounds from Wastewater by Oxidation Using Modified Digital Basket Baffle Batch Reactor: Experiments and Modeling

Removal of phenol and phenolic compounds from wastewater using various techniques has received considerable attention in recent years. In this work, the removal a model solution via catalytic oxidation is investigated with oxidant H2O2. For purpose, we designed new nano-catalyst (8% Fe2O3/AC) by loading iron oxide nanoparticles over nano-activated carbon impregnation process. We modified recently developed digital basket baffle batch reactor (DBBBR) used it for process order to examine activity prepared nano-catalyst. The highest efficiency was found be 95.35% under following parameters: time 120 min, temperature at 85 °C, stirrer speed 600 rpm. minimization sum squared error between experimental data predicted results considered as base optimization technique estimate optimal parameters kinetic conversion excellently agreed (absolute average errors < 5%) wide range parameters.