一种新的光催化氧化体系用于化学需氧量的测定研究

基于KMnO₄能获得光生电子从而提高半导体光催化氧化能力的原理,建立了一种用纳米ZnO-KMnO₄协同体系光催化测定化学需氧量(COD)的新方法,探讨了催化氧化测定COD的机理,考察了测定COD的最佳反应条件.COD值浓度在1.5～10mg/L范围内与信号呈良好的线性关系,检测限为0.5mg/L.用本方法测定实际水样,结果和标准高锰酸盐指数法(COD_Mn法)相符.     

Repetitive determination of chemical oxygen demand by cyclic flow injection analysis using on-line regeneration of consumed permanganate.

A cyclic flow injection analysis (cyclic FIA) for the repetitive determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) was developed. The acidic KMnO4 method was carried out by adopting a single-line circulating flow system. The oxidant (KMnO4) consumed by the oxidation of organic substances was regenerated and reused repeatedly, resulting in an extreme reduction of hazardous wastes. Only 50 ml of the reagent carrier solution containing 0.2 mM KMnO4 and 1 mM HIO4 in 0.8 M H2SO4 solution was continuously circulated through the system. The KMnO4 could play two roles: acting as an oxidant of the organic substances and/or a spectrophotometric reagent. The co-existing HIO4 acted as a regenerator of KMnO4, which made it possible to recycle the system repeatedly. Under two different digestions (70 and 130 degrees C), 50 repetitive determinations of standard sodium oxalate (6.5 mg COD L(-1)) and D-glucose (7.2 mg COD L(-1)) were skillfully carried out with a slightly decreased baseline. The analytical frequency was 30 samples per hour for COD determination. The proposed method saved consumption of the used reagents, KMnO4 and H2SO4, and thus these wastes were extremely reduced. The obtained COD values with the proposed method were co-related with those provided by the manual standard method, but were fairly low owing to the insufficient digestion step.     

Study on photocatalytic oxidation for determination of chemical oxygen demand using a nano-TiO2-K2Cr2O7 system

A photocatalytic method for the determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) using a nano-TiO₂-K₂Cr₂O₇ system is described. The measuring principle is based on direct determination of the change of Cr(III) concentration resulting from photocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds and simultaneous photocatalytic reduction of stoichiometrically involved K₂Cr₂O₇ in the solution. The operation conditions were optimized. The determinative COD value using this method was calculated from the absorbance of Cr(III). The operational characteristics of this method were demonstrated by use of a standard glucose solution as substrate. This method was also applied to the determination of the COD of wastewater samples. The results were in good agreement with those from the conventional (i.e., dichromate) COD methods.     

Optimization of conditions for the determination of the organic matter content of waters by reagentless oxithermography and its application to the analysis of natural waters

To determine the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of water by oxithermography, we studied a high-temperature reactor with two inputs of the gas flow. Such a design allowed the creation of an internal circuit of the oxygen–inert gas (argon) binary flow in the reactor for the oxidation of organic substances and the determination of COD by the decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the binary mixture. The optimum operation parameters of the instrument, affecting the analytical characteristics of the method, were determined. The detection limit for a water sample of the volume 10 µL was 3.4 mg O/L. It was shown that the oxithermograph and the proposed procedure can be used for the determination of COD in drinking and natural waters of Bryansk oblast. The approach developed has an advantage, consisting in the reagentless rapid determination of the COD of waters without preliminary sample preparation.     

纳米TiO2膜用于光催化氧化测定化学需氧量的研究

A photocatalytic oxidation method for determination of chemical oxygen demand （COD） using nano-TiO2 film, based on the use of a nano-TiO2-Ce（SO4）2 system and electrochemical detection, was proposed. The technique was originated from the direct determination of the Ce（Ⅲ） concentration change resulting from photocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds. Ce（Ⅲ）, which was produced by photocatalytic reduction of Ce（SO4）2, could be measured at a multi-walled carbon nanotubes （MWNT） chemically modified electrode （CME）. The COD values by this method were calculated from the differential pulse voltammetry （DPV） current of Ce（Ⅲ） at the CME. Under the optimal operation conditions, the detection limit of 0.5 mg·L^-1 COD with the linear range of 1-600 mg·L^-1 was achieved. This method was also applied to determination of various COD of ground water and wastewater samples. The resuits were in good agreement with those from the conventional COD methods, i.e., permanganate and dichromate ones.     

Determination of the chemical oxygen demand (COD) using a copper electrode: a clean alternative method

A clean alternative method for the determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) was developed using a copper electrode as an electrocatalytic sensor. The measuring principle is based on oxidation current of organic compounds in the wastewater. The effects of important experimental conditions, such as electrolytic solution concentration and potential scan rate, on analytical performance have been investigated. Analytical linear range of 53.0–2,801.4 mg l⁻¹ COD with detection limit of 20.3 mg l⁻¹ COD was achieved. The procedure was successfully applied to the COD determination in wastewater from soft industries. The results obtained using the proposed method were in good agreement with those obtained using the conventional (i.e., dichromate) COD method. In this fashion, the COD value of a sample can be determined in a simple, rapid, accurate manner, and the end products do not contain toxic metals.     

Determination of chemical oxygen demand in fresh waters using flow injection with on-line UV-photocatalytic oxidation and spectrophotometric detection

A flow injection manifold incorporating UV-photocatalytic oxidation for the determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in freshwater is reported. The method utilises the UV-photocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds instead of conventional heating (used in the standard method), with acidified potassium permanganate as the oxidant. Sodium oxalate, d-glucose and potassium hydrogen phthalate were used as COD standards. A 100 microL sample solution was injected into a 0.3 mol L(-1) H2SO4 carrier stream containing 0.1 mol L(-1) (NH4)2SO4, merged with a permanganate solution (8 x 10(-4) mol L(-1)) and passed through a 250 cm FEP (fluoroethylene polymer) photo-reaction coil wound around a 15 W UV lamp. The sample throughput was 30 h(-1), with an LOD (blank plus 3sigma) of 0.5 mg COD L(-1) and a linear range of 0.5-50 mg COD L(-1) (D-glucose, r2 = 0.9966). The method had good precision with relative standard deviations of 2.7% at 5 mg COD L(-1) and 1.2% at 20 mg COD L(-1) (n = 12) for glucose. Results for a COD certified reference material (QC Demand Quality Control Standard) were in good agreement with the certified COD value. Recovery from Tamar River water samples for all three COD standards was 83.0-111.0% and the COD values determined were in good agreement with those of a permanganate index reference method.     

Study on photocatalytic oxidation for determination of the low chemical oxygen demand using a nano-TiO2-Ce(SO4)2 coexisted system

A new photocatalytic system, nano-TiO₂-Ce(SO₄)₂ coexisted system, which can be used to determine the low chemical oxygen demand (COD) is described. Nano-TiO₂ powders is used as photocatalyst in this system. The measuring method is based on direct determination of the concentration change of Ce(IV) resulting from photocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds. The mechanism of the photocatalytic oxidation for COD determination was discussed and the optimum experimental conditions were investigated. Under the optimum conditions, a good calibration graph for COD values between 1.0 and 12 mg l⁻¹ was obtained and the LOD value was achieved as low as 0.4 mg l⁻¹. When determining the real samples, the results were in good agreement with those from the conventional methods.     

A surface-fluorinated-TiO2-KMnO4 photocatalytic system for determination of chemical oxygen demand

A new method for chemical oxygen demand (COD) determination has been developed, based on photocatalytic oxidative degradation by using a fluorinated-TiO₂-KMnO₄ system. In such a system, a linear correlation is observed between the amount of oxidizable dissolved organic matter and the amount of MnO₄⁻ consumed by the coupled reduction process. Thus, the COD determination is transformed to a simple and direct determination of the deletion of MnO₄⁻. The surface fluorination of TiO₂ nanoparticles can enhance the rate of photocatalytic oxidation of organic matter and the rate of coupled photocatalytic reduction of MnO₄⁻. This makes the method be rapid, environment friendly and easy for operation. Under optimized conditions, this method can respond linearly to COD of potassium hydrogen phthalate (KHP) in the range of 0.1-280 mg L⁻¹, with a detection limit of 0.02 mg L⁻¹ COD. The COD in samples of tap water, lake water and paper industry sewage has been determined satisfactorily by using this method.     

Preparation of photocatalytic nano-ZnO/TiO2 film and application for determination of chemical oxygen demand

A composite nano-ZnO/TiO₂ film as photocatalyst was fabricated with vacuum vaporized and sol-gel methods. The nano-ZnO/TiO₂ film improved the separate efficiency of the charge and extended the range of spectrum, which showed a higher efficiency of photocatalytic than the pure nano-TiO₂ and nano-ZnO film. The photocatalytic mechanism of nano-ZnO/TiO₂ film was discussed, too. A new method for determination of low chemical oxidation demand (COD) value in ground water based on nano-ZnO/TiO₂ film using the photocatalytic oxidation technology was founded. This method was originated from the direct determination of the Mn(VII) concentration change resulting from photocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds on the nano-ZnO/TiO₂ film, and the COD values were calculated from the absorbance of Mn(VII). Under the optimal operation conditions, the detection limit of 0.1 mg l⁻¹, COD values with the linear range of 0.3-10.0 mg l⁻¹ were achieved. The results were in good agreement with those from the conventional COD methods.     

光催化氧化法测定地表水化学需氧量的研究

用溶胶-凝胶法在石英管上制备了纳米TiO₂膜, 并采用光催化氧化法建立了一种测定地表水化学需氧量(COD)的新方法. 以Ce(IV)作为纳米TiO₂光生电子的接受体, 从而减少了纳米TiO₂光生电子和光生空穴的复合, 提高纳米TiO₂的光催化氧化能力. 以测定Ce(IV)的紫外吸收为手段探讨了光催化氧化测定COD的机理, 考察了测定COD的最佳反应条件. 实验结果表明, 该方法条件温和, 不会造成二次污染, 能够实现地表水等低COD值水样的快速准确测定. 在该实验所选择的条件下, 可准确地测定1.0～12 mg?L^－1之间的COD值, 检测限为0.4 mg?L^－1.     

纳米PbO2修饰电极安培检测器流动注射法快速测定化学需氧量

采用以纳米PbO₂修饰电极为工作电极的安培检测器,用流动注射法快速检测水体中的化学需氧量(COD).根据纳米PbO₂修饰电极催化氧化电流的大小测定样品的COD值,在50-1 200 mg/L COD的范围内,电流响应与标准水样中的COD_Cr值呈线性关系,检出限为20 mg/L.该法不需对水样进行预处理,不使用有毒试剂,无二次污染,具有快速、简便、进样量少及工作电极使用寿命长等优点,与COD_Cr国家标准分析法对比具有较好的相关性.     

无汞分光光度法快速测定含氯废水化学需氧量

建立无汞分光光度法快速测定含氯废水的化学需氧量。氯离子在测定化学需氧量反应中会增大重铬酸钾的消耗量,进而影响测定的准确性。传统的化学需氧量测定需要使用硫酸汞掩蔽氯化物。通过添加过量硫酸银以减少汞的使用,建立化学需氧量的无汞测定法。研究表明添加硫酸银含量1.03%的Ag2SO4-H2SO4试剂可以掩蔽500 mg/L及以下浓度氯离子的干扰。运用传统的测定方法和无汞测定法对理论化学需氧量为100 mg/L的邻苯二甲酸氢钾溶液进行测定,无汞测定法测定值略高于传统方法测定值。在氯离子浓度低于500 mg/L时,无汞方法测定值的准确度优于传统方法。另外,化学需氧量无汞测定法将化学药品的单位样本使用成本从0.61元降至0.47元。无汞分光光度法适用于含氯废水化学需氧量的快速测定。     

Rapid Determination of the Chemical Oxygen Demand in Water with the Use of High-Temperature Solid-Electrolyte Cells

A new procedure is proposed for the determination of the oxidazibility of organic and inorganic matter in water (an analogue of the chemical oxygen demand (COD)). The procedure is based on high-temperature oxidation in a controlled binary oxygen–inert gas mixture and the determination of the amount of oxygen consumed for oxidation in a solid-electrolyte cell. A new design for the setup is presented as a monoblock with a vertical sample introduction into the reactor. A sampler of the immersion type is proposed. It has been found that the detection limit obtained with the use of this setup is 5 mg O₂/L.     

纳米二氧化钛膜光催化分解-电化学法联用测定水体中的总磷

利用电化学方法制备了磷钼酸修饰电极,该修饰电极对溶液中的PO43-有很好的电流响应,继而提出了一种用纳米TiO2-K2S2O7共存体系光催化氧化有机磷生成正磷,然后以磷钼酸修饰电极进行测定的新方法。实验中以有机膦酸为标准物质,研究了测定机理,优化了测定条件。实验表明,本方法操作简单、快速、准确。PO43-在0.04~16 mg/L浓度范围内,与修饰电极上的电流响应呈线性关系,检出限为0.02 mg/L。用本方法测定实际水样与标准分析方法所得结果相近。     

Quantum dots assisted photocatalysis for the chemiluminometric determination of chemical oxygen demand using a single interface flow system

A novel flow method for the determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) is proposed in this work. It relies on the combination of a fully automated single interface flow system, an on-line UV photocatalytic unit and quantum dot (QD) nanotechnology. The developed approach takes advantage of CdTe nanocrystals capacity to generate strong oxidizing species upon irradiation with UV light, which fostered a fast catalytic degradation of the organic compounds. Luminol was used as a chemiluminescence (CL) probe for indirect COD assessment, since it is easily oxidized by the QD generated species yielding a strong CL emission that is quenched in the presence of the organic matter. The proposed methodology allowed the determination of COD concentrations between 1 and 35 mg L⁻¹, with good precision (R.S.D. < 1.1%, n = 3) and a sampling frequency of about 33 h⁻¹. The procedure was applied to the determination of COD in wastewater certified reference materials and the obtained results showed an excellent agreement with the certified values.     

Multi-ion detection by one-shot optical sensors using a colour digital photographic camera

The feasibility and performance of a procedure to evaluate previously developed one-shot optical sensors as single and selective analyte sensors for potassium, magnesium and hardness are presented. The procedure uses a conventional colour digital photographic camera as the detection system for simultaneous multianalyte detection. A 6.0 megapixel camera was used, and the procedure describes how it is possible to quantify potassium, magnesium and hardness simultaneously from the images captured, using multianalyte one-shot sensors based on ionophore-chromoionophore chemistry, employing the colour information computed from a defined region of interest on the sensing membrane. One of the colour channels in the red, green, blue (RGB) colour space is used to build the analytical parameter, the effective degree of protonation (1-α(eff)), in good agreement with the theoretical model. The linearization of the sigmoidal response function increases the limit of detection (LOD) and analytical range in all cases studied. The increases were from 5.4 × 10(-6) to 2.7 × 10(-7) M for potassium, from 1.4 × 10(-4) to 2.0 × 10(-6) M for magnesium and from 1.7 to 2.0 × 10(-2) mg L(-1) of CaCO(3) for hardness. The method's precision was determined in terms of the relative standard deviation (RSD%) which was from 2.4 to 7.6 for potassium, from 6.8 to 7.8 for magnesium and from 4.3 to 7.8 for hardness. The procedure was applied to the simultaneous determination of potassium, magnesium and hardness using multianalyte one-shot sensors in different types of waters and beverages in order to cover the entire application range, statistically validating the results against atomic absorption spectrometry as the reference procedure. Accordingly, this paper is an attempt to demonstrate the possibility of using a conventional digital camera as an analytical device to measure this type of one-shot sensor based on ionophore-chromoionophore chemistry instead of using conventional lab instrumentation.     

Ultrasound-assisted method for determination of chemical oxygen demand

A method for determination chemical oxygen demand (COD) assisted by use of ultrasound has been successfully evaluated for the first time. The method uses instrumentation simpler and cheaper and, in some instances, safer than that used by previous methods for the same purpose. The new device used for sonication is an all-glass cylindrical sonotrode that can be introduced directly into the reaction mixture. Use of this device enables more efficient interaction between sample and ultrasonic energy. The optimized experimental conditions are high ultrasonic power (55% amplitude, 0.9-second pulses each second), high sulfuric acid concentration (>60%), and a sonication time of 2 min. Under these conditions the method has limitations similar to those of the official COD method with regard to the type of organic compound. It works adequately with easily oxidized organic matter (potassium hydrogen phthalate and dextrose) and other organic compounds difficult to oxidize by conventional methods (e.g. phenol and acetic acid) but the COD values obtained with volatile compounds and difficult organic matter are poor. Chloride is tolerated up to a concentration of 7000 mg L(-1) without any masking agent. Gasification of the sample is recommended to improve results; use of air and argon resulted in no significant differences - bubbling with air during sonication resulted in COD values for certified materials and real wastewater samples statistically identical with the certified COD values and those obtained by the classic (open reflux) method. The use of ultrasound energy for COD determination thus seems to be an interesting and promising alternative to conventional oxidation methods used for the same purpose.     

Amperometric Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand via the Functional Combination of Three Digestion Types

The study focused on the proposal and experimental validation of an combined photoelectrocatalytic principle for chemical oxygen demand determination (combined PeCOD, PeCOD‐combined), which was functionally comprised of photon‐efficient thin‐film photochemical, photocarrier‐efficient electrochemical and conventional bulk‐phase photochemical digestion types in one single photodigestion process. The combined PeCOD technology was proposed mainly on the basis of the significantly informative work of existing photoelectrocatalytic COD (thin‐layer PeCOD, PeCOD‐thin), and could realize the three different digestion types on one single rotating photoanode. The three important operation conditions of rotating speed, applied bias and pH value were investigated and optimized, and a wide analytical linear range of 2.7–11 500 mg/L was consequently obtained during an approximately 5–110 min determination period, and a real sample analysis further validated the practical feasibility of the proposed PeCOD‐combined. In PeCOD‐combined the main organics digestion and signal generation occurred via PeCOD‐thin due to efficient UV utilization and excellent photodigestion activity.     

流动注射双安培法测定多巴胺

通过偶合多巴胺在铂电极上的氧化和高锰酸钾在铂电极上的还原,建立了一个不施加电压的条件下的流动注射双安培法直接测定多巴胺的新方法。以0.05 mol/L硫酸为载液,多巴胺的氧化峰电流与其浓度在0.8~160 mg/L范围内呈线性关系,线性回归方程为i(nA)=652.9C-239.2(r=0.9998,n=10),检出限为0.2 mg/L;RSD为2.86%(N=80 mg/L,n=14);进样频率为80次/h。本方法具有很高的选择性和灵敏度,样品处理方法简单快速,适于连续自动测定。用于实际样品的测定,结果满意。