TiO2-KMnO4体系光催化氧化-光度法测定化学需氧量

基于纳米TiO2和KMnO4协同光催化氧化作用原理,建立了纳米光催化氧化体系测定化学需氧量(COD)的新方法.考察了测定化学需氧量的最佳条件,在含有0.1 g TiO2、 0.002 mol/L KMnO4的50 mL体系中,控温60 ℃,光照反应10 min,COD值在2.5～80 mg/L范围内与KMnO4吸光度变化值ΔA呈线性关系,其相应的线性方程为: ΔA=0.0023 ρ(COD) 0.0137,相关系数R=0.9977,COD值的检出限为1.5 mg/L.用该法测定地表水和自来水的COD值,相对标准偏差分别为1.9%和2.9%,标准加入回收率分别为100.5%和97.0%.     

The coulometric determination of chemical oxygen demand

The chemical oxygen demand (COD) of solutions containing various organic compounds is calculated from the net faradaic charge (Q_net) estimated for the total electrolytic oxidation of Cr^III generated during oxidative degradation of the organic compounds in acidic media containing excess Cr^VI. Values of Q_net for conversion of Cr^III to Cr^VI are estimated from the linearized chronoamperometric data plotted as In {i_{tat, t}} vs. t. This procedure is preferred over determinations of Q_net from the total integrals of i_tot over the entire electrolysis period because of large errors that can result from uncertainty in the background current (i_bkg) for t → ∞. The proposed coulometric procedure offers the benefit that reagent solutions can be reused, thereby minimizing the need for disposal of wastes containing toxic Cr^VI. This procedure was applied in a single digest solution for consecutive determinations of COD. Average COD values for potassium acid phthalate and glucose were 103.8% (s - 6.0, N - 10) and 100.2% (s - 4.2, N - 11), respectively, based on the theoretical degradation to CO₂. In comparison for these same samples, an EPA approved method, based on colorimetric determination of Cr^III, gave COD values of 101.4% (S - 1.4, N - 5) and 100.1% (s - 1.4, N - 5) of the theoretical. Statistical tests indicate no significant difference in the COD values determined for these compounds using the coulometric and EPA methods.     

Investigation on the application of titania nanorod arrays to the determination of chemical oxygen demand

In the present paper, the TiO₂ nanorod arrays electrode was developed as a sensor for the determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) based on a photoelectrochemical degradation principle. Effects of common parameters, such as applied potential, light intensity and pH on its analytical performance were investigated. Under the optimized conditions, the nanorod arrays electrode was successfully applied in the COD determination for both synthetic and real samples. In the COD determination, the proposed method can achieve a practical detection limit of 18.3 mg L⁻¹ and a linear range of 20–280 mg L⁻¹. Furthermore, the results obtained by the proposed method were well correlated with those obtained using the conventional (i.e., dichromate) COD determination method. The main advantages of this COD determination method were its simplicity, long term stability and environmental friendly (corrosive and toxic reagents not consumed). This work would open a new application area (COD determination) of the TiO₂ nanorod arrays.     

Chemiluminescence system for automatic determination of chemical oxygen demand using flow injection analysis

A novel chemiluminescence (CL) system for automatic determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) combined with flow injection analysis is proposed in this paper. In this system, potassium permanganate is reduced to Mn²⁺ which is first adsorbed on a strongly acid cation-exchange resin mini-column to be concentrated during chemical oxidation of the organic compounds at room temperature, while the excessive MnO₄⁻ passes through the mini-column to be waste, then the concentrated Mn²⁺ is eluted reversely and measured by the luminol-H₂O₂ CL system. The calibration graph is linear in the range of 4-4000 mg l⁻¹ and the detection limit is 2 mg l⁻¹. A complete analysis could be performed in 1.5 min including washing and sampling, giving a throughout of about 40 h⁻¹. The relative standard deviation was 4.4% for 10 mg l⁻¹ COD (n=11), 4.8% for 100 mg l⁻¹ COD (n=11). This CL flow system for determination of COD is very simple, rapid and suitable for automatic and continuous analysis. The presented system has been applied successfully to the determination of COD of water samples.     

A simple chemiluminescence method for determination of chemical oxygen demand values in water

In this paper, a low cost chemiluminescence detector with a photodiode instead of photo-multiplier tube (PMT) was developed for environmental monitoring of water quality. Based on the chemiluminescent reaction of luminol-H₂O₂-Cr³⁺ system, light emission caused by luminol-H₂O₂-Cr³⁺ system was detected by the photodiode, and its intensity caused by the appearance of Cr³⁺ after samples digestion was proportional to the chemical oxygen demand (COD). Effects for COD determining such as pH, concentrations, interference, and digestion procedures were investigated. The experimental results show that this suggested method uses an instrument that is simpler and cheaper than the previous ones used for the same purpose. The data obtained by the present method were fairly in good agreement with those obtained by the standard reflux titrimetric method. It has been applied to determine real samples with satisfactory results.     

A high throughput chemiluminescence method for determination of chemical oxygen demand in waters

A novel and high throughput chemiluminescence (CL) method for determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in water sample was originally developed based on potassium permanganate-glutaraldehyde CL system. With this method, dissolved organic matter in water samples was digested by excess acid potassium permanganate, the reacted mixture solutions containing surplus KMnO₄ were added in wells of a 96-well plate, followed by injection of glutaraldehyde in the wells, and CL was then produced along with the reaction of the added glutaraldehyde with the surplus KMnO₄ and detected by a photomultiplier tube (PMT). The difference (ΔI) between the CL intensity for distilled water and that for sample water was proportional to the COD value of water sample. The calibration graph was linear in the range of 0.16-19.24 mg L⁻¹ with a detection limit of 0.1 mg L⁻¹. A complete analysis could be performed in 40 min including digestion and detection, giving a very high throughput of 3 × 96 samples in about 60 min. Compared with the conventional methods, this method is simple and sensitive and consumes very limited and cheap reagents. Owing to its rapid, automatic, high throughput and low cost characteristics, the presented CL method has been applied successfully to the determination of COD in real water samples (n = 32) with satisfactory results.     

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.     

Uncertainty of chemical oxygen demand determination in wastewater samples

 The measurement uncertainty of the result of chemical oxygen demand determination in wastewater was evaluated. The major sources of uncertainty of the result of measurement were identified as the purity of reagents, volumetric operations, gravimetric operations, bias, and the repeatability of the method. Identification and evaluation of uncertainty sources was followed by combined uncertainty calculations. The combined uncertainty was compared to the experimentally determined variation and good agreement was found, indicating that the major uncertainty sources had been identified. The results show that the major sources of uncertainty arose from repeatability at high concentration level and volumetric steps at low concentration level, thus revealing the target operations for reducing the measurement uncertainty of this determination. Received: 5 August 2002 Accepted: 5 November 2002 Acknowledgements This research was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia (Project Z2–3530). Presented at CERMM-3, Central European Reference Materials and Measurements Conference: The function of reference materials in the measurement process, May 30–June 1, 2002, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Correspondence to A. Drolc     

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.     

Rapid determination of chemical oxygen demand using a focused microwave heating system featuring temperature control

This paper demonstrates the use of a microwave heating system, employed in the chemical digestion step, for the determination of chemical oxygen demand in wastewater. The results are first compared with those provided by standard methods using reference substances. The problems arising from abrupt heating of the sample and the potential thermal decomposition of potassium dichromate are examined. Two different approaches to sample digestion involving a gradually increasing irradiation time were tested. First, a constant power strategy is applied, and the second proposes a constant temperature approach by using a temperature control system.By optimising the operating conditions, the digestion time was reduced to 8-60 times with respect to the standard method. The reference digestion time is 5 min. In especially difficult digestions, the proposed approach provides a substantially improved degradation with respect to conventional procedures. The procedure was applied to wastewater from various industries and found to ensure thorough digestion of all samples and to provide favourable results in all cases tested.     

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.     

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.     

Determination of chemical oxygen demand values by a photocatalytic oxidation method using nano-TiO2 film on quartz

A COD measurement by a photocatalytic oxidation method using nano-TiO₂ film was investigated. K₂Cr₂O₇ was added into the solution to enhance the efficiency of photocatalytic degradation, and simultaneously K₂Cr₂O₇ was reduced to Cr(III) by photogenerated electrons, which were adsorbed on the surface of TiO₂. The measuring principle was based on direct determination of Cr(III) concentration which was proportional to the COD value. Under the optimized experiment condition, the application range was 20-500 mg l⁻¹, and the detection limit was 20 mg l⁻¹. The immobilization of photocatalyst on the supports could not only solve the problem of low recovery of the catalyst and hard separation from the solution, but also overcome its shortcoming of poor stability. Applied this method to the determination of real samples, it was found to be rapid and environmentally friendly. Additionally, the method proposed above for determination of COD was in excellent correspondence with values obtained by using the conventional method.     

Photoelectro-synergistic catalysis combined with a FIA system application on determination of chemical oxygen demand

In this paper, photoelectro-synergistic catalysis oxidation of organics in the water on Ti/TiO₂/PbO₂ electrode was investigated. The prepared TiO₂ film was investigated with Atomic force micrograph (AFM). Furthermore, the results were compared with those obtained from electrocatalysis (EC) and electro-assisted photocatalysis (PC). The method proposed employed photoelectro-synergistic catalysis (PEC), together with flow injection analysis, to determine the chemical oxygen demand (COD) values. It was shown that the method of photoelectro-synergistic catalysis had lower detection limit (15.0 mg l⁻¹) and wider linear range (30.0–2500.0 mg l⁻¹) than the methods of electro-assisted photocatalysis and electrocatalysis. The results obtained by the proposed method and conventional one were compared by carrying out the experiment on 20 wastewater samples and also agreed well by high correlation (R = 0.9912).     

纳米二氧化钛-高锰酸钾协同光催化氧化体系快速测定化学需氧量

以纳米TiO2-KMnO4协同光催化氧化体系为基础,结合分光光度法建立了一种快速测定水样中化学需氧量(COD)的简便方法。本方法具有线性范围宽、抗氯离子干扰能力强等优点。在选定的最优条件下,线性范围为0.1~320mg/L;当氯离子含量在1500mg/L以内时,相对误差小于5%。此方法适用于污染程度低的自来水、地表水或中等污染程度的工业废水中COD值的快速测定。     

A combined photocatalytic determination system for chemical oxygen demand with a highly oxidative reagent

This study focuses on the proposal and validation of a combined photocatalytic (PC) system and a three-parameterized procedure for the determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD; PcCOD(combined)), with a highly oxidative reagent utilized as a photoelectron scavenger and signal indicator. The PcCOD(combined) was the functional combination of photon-efficient thin-layer photocatalytic oxidation, conventional bulk-phase photocatalytic oxidation and photocarrier-efficient high-activity photocatalytic reduction in one single photodigestion system, and consequently, this system possessed high photon-utilization efficiency, automatic stirring function and satisfactory determination characteristics. In comparison with the conventional one-parameterized procedure, the three-parameterized procedure introduces the blank and total photocatalytic reduction responses as two of the three significant analytical parameters. Under the optimized pH value of 3.0-4.5 and a rotating rate of 40 rpm, the representative KMnO(4) species was used for the PcCOD(combined) system as the combined high-activity oxidant, and a narrow and reliable analytical linear range of 0-260 mg L(-1) was achieved during the 10 min duration of the determinations. No observable interference of Cl(-) was found at concentration of the ion up to 2000 mg L(-1). A real sample analysis indicated that the measured values for the PcCOD(combined) were all within a relative deviation below 5% of COD(Cr) of the standard method, which further validates the practical feasibility of the proposed PcCOD(combined) system.     

Flow injection method for the rapid determination of chemical oxygen demand based on microwave digestion and chromium speciation in flame atomic absorption spectrometry

The present paper describes a new flow injection method for the determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). This method consists of a first digestion step, where the sample is heated by microwave radiation, a second one where an anionic exchange resin retains the Cr(VI) that has not been reduced by the organic matter of the sample and a third one where Cr(VI), after being eluted, is determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The microwave power applied, the sulphuric acid concentration, the liquid flow in the digestion step and the sample volume were the variables studied. The recovery and precision obtained with this method are similar to those obtained using a standard semi-micro method, whereas the throughput is much higher (up to 50 determinations per hour). As regards sensitivity, by changing the sample loop volume and the concentration of dichromate, one can analyze samples with Chemical Oxygen Demand values between 25 and 5000 mg/l. The limit of detection is about 7 mg/l COD. An interesting feature of the new method, which is not shared by most other flow injection methods of Chemical Oxygen Demand determination, is that there is no matrix effect in the determination step.     

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, sensitive and on-line measurement of chemical oxygen demand by novel optical method based on UV photolysis and chemiluminescence

A novel on-line method based on the combination of UV photolysis and chemiluminescence detection was established and experimentally validated for the determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD). A quantitative amount of free radicals can be produced by analytes in the UV irradiation process. By utilizing the phenomenon that luminol can be oxidized by the free radicals to produce luminescence, COD was successfully determined indirectly. This new approach overcomes many problems associated with the conventional COD determination techniques such as long analysis time, tedious operations, consumption of expressive and toxic reagents, production of secondary toxic waste and poor reproducibility. The method was successfully applied to the determination of COD in synthetic samples, certified reference samples and real samples of river water and lake water. A limit of detection of 0.08 mg/L COD with a linear dynamic range of 0.2-20 mg/L was achieved under the optimum experimental conditions. The proposed method is a unique method that is environmentally friendly (without using any strong oxidizing reagent and any catalysts such as titanium dioxide), rapid (with only 5-10 min required for each sample), sensitive (with the lowest limit of detection for COD so far), simple (mainly with a photo-reactor and a chemiluminescence detector) and automated (using an intermittent flow system).     

Electrochemical sensing chemical oxygen demand based on the catalytic activity of cobalt oxide film

Cobalt oxide sensing film was in situ prepared on glassy carbon electrode surface via constant potential oxidation. Controlling at 0.8 V in NaOH solution, the high-valence cobalt catalytically oxidized the reduced compounds, decreasing its surface amount and current signal. The current decline was used as the response signal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) because COD represents the summation of reduced compounds in water. The surface morphology and electrocatalytic activity of cobalt oxide were readily tuned by variation of deposition potential, time, medium and Co²⁺ concentration. As confirmed from the atomic force microscopy measurements, the cobalt oxide film, that prepared at 1.3 V for 40 s in pH 4.6 acetate buffer containing 10 mM Co(NO₃)₂, possesses large surface roughness and numerous three-dimensional structures. Electrochemical tests indicated that the prepared cobalt oxide exhibited high electrocatalytic activity to the reduced compounds, accompanied with strong COD signal enhancement. As a result, a novel electrochemical sensor with high sensitivity, rapid response and operational simplicity was developed for COD. The detection limit was as low as 1.1 mg L⁻¹. The analytical application was studied using a large number of lake water samples, and the accuracy was tested by standard method.