The existence or presence of diverse hydrocarbons and persistent pollutants in seawater or saline wastewater
due to different industrial activities is considerable. The photo-Fenton process is suggested as a possible
treatment, but the effect of salinity must be explored. An experimental design is carried out to elucidate the
influence of NaCl on the efficiency of the process. According to the results, the global TOC removal is not
influenced by the presence of chloride, but the process becomes much slower, even more than 10 times in
some of the operating conditions. If solar irradiation is possible, photo-Fenton seems a good option to treat
polluted water with high salinity.
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