Role of Activated Carbon Adsorption in Iron-Carbon Micro-Electrolysis Process for Wastewater Treatment

Experimental study was conducted to investigate activated carbon adsorption in a dynamic micro-electrolysis system in terms of its effects on the whole system which was used to treat wastewater containing amantadine hydrochloride.Experiment indicated that amantadine hydrochloride in the wastewater was strongly adsorbed by the activated carbon,which when reaching adsorption equilibrium would react with iron to give rise to internal electrolysis that break down amantadine hydrochloride.It was also found that the capacity of the system would decline gradually after several times of running,but still maintained COD removal at a certain level.