Advanced Electrochemical Oxidation of Methyl Parathion at Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes

Authors

  • Eulalio Campos-González Universidad Iberoamericana
  • Bernardo A. Frontana-Uribe Centro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable UAEM-UNAM
  • Ruben Vasquez-Medrano Universidad Iberoamericana
  • Samuel Macías- Bravo Universidad Iberoamericana
  • Jorge G. Ibanez Universidad Iberoamericana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29356/jmcs.v58i3.138

Keywords:

Methyl parathion, BDDE, TOC, COD, current density, specific energy consumption

Abstract

Plaguicide pollution is a major problem in agricultural zones due to their intensive use to attain increased crop yields. In the present work commercial methyl parathion (MP), was electrochemically degraded in a divided H-type cell equipped with two boron doped diamond electrodes, BDDE and a Nafion cation exchange membrane. High removals (i.e., > 90%) of total organic carbon, TOC and of chemical oxygen demand, COD were obtained after 180 min at a current density, j of 5 mA/cm2 with specific energy consumption, Esp of ca. 200 kWh per kg of COD degraded. These results show that the anodic oxidation route may be an efficient alternative for MP degradation in polluted waters.

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Author Biographies

Eulalio Campos-González, Universidad Iberoamericana

Departamento de Ingeniería y Ciencias Químicas

Ruben Vasquez-Medrano, Universidad Iberoamericana

Departamento de Ingeniería y Ciencias Químicas

Samuel Macías- Bravo, Universidad Iberoamericana

Departamento de Ingeniería y Ciencias Químicas

Jorge G. Ibanez, Universidad Iberoamericana

Departamento de Ingeniería y Ciencias Químicas

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Published

2017-10-12

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 3 (2014): Special Issue: Environmental Electrochemistry

Section

Regular Articles

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