Hydroxyl radical intensified Cu2O NPs/H2O2 process in ceramic membrane reactor for degradation on DMAc wastewater from polymeric membrane manufacturer

High-concentration industrial wastewater containing N,N -dimethylacetamide (DMAc) from polymeric membrane manufacturer was degraded in Cu 2 O NPs/H 2 O 2 Fenton process. In the membrane-assisted Fenton process DMAc removal rate was up to 98% with 120 min which was increased by 23% over the batch reactor. It was found that ·OH quench time was extended by 20 min and the maximum ·OH productivity was notably88.7% higher at 40 min. The degradation reaction rate constant was enhanced by 2.2 times with membrane dispersion ( k = 0.0349 min −1 ). DMAc initial concentration ( C 0 ) and H 2 O 2 flux ( J p ) had major influence on mass transfer and kinetics, meanwhile, membrane pore size ( r p ) and length ( L m ) also affected the reaction rate. The intensified radical yield, fast mass transfer and nanoparticles high activity all contributed to improve pollutant degradation efficiency. Time-resolved DMAc degradation pathway was analyzed as hydroxylation, demethylation and oxidation leading to the final products of CO 2 , H 2 O and NO 3 − (rather than NH 3 from biodegradation). Continuous process was operated in the dual-membrane configuration with in situ reaction and separation. After five cycling tests, DMAc removal was all above 95% for the initial [DMAc] 0 = 14,000 mg/L in wastewater and stability of the catalyst and the membrane maintained well.