Photocatalytic treatment of a synthetic wastewater
Yerkinova, Azat and Balbayeva, Gaukhar and Inglezakis, Vassilis J. and Poulopoulos, Stavros G. (2018) Photocatalytic treatment of a synthetic wastewater. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 301 (1). 012143. ISSN 1757-899X (https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/301/1/012143)
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Abstract
This work aimed at investigating the photocatalytic treatment of a synthetic wastewater using UV light (254 nm, 6 W), TiO2 catalyst and H2O2 in a batch recycle annular photoreactor. The total volume of the solution was 250 mL while the irradiated volume in the annular photoreactor with 55.8 mL. Each experiment lasted 120 min and samples were sent for Total Carbon and HPLC analysis. The stock wastewater had initial total carbon 1118 mg L-1. The effect of the presence of phenol in the wastewater on total carbon (TC) removal was also studied. It was shown that the photocatalytic treatment was effective only when initial TC was decreased to 32 mg L-1, whereas the optimum TiO2 concentration was 0.5 g L-1, leading to a TC removal up to 56%. For the same initial carbon load, the optimum H2O2 concentration was found to be 67 mg L-1 resulting in 55% TC removal. Combining, however, TiO2 and H2O2 did not lead to better performance, as 51% TC removal was observed. In contrast, when initial carbon in the wastewater was partially substituted by phenol, the combination of catalyst and hydrogen peroxide was beneficial. Specifically, when 10 ppm of phenol were added keeping the same initial TC concentration, UV/TiO2 treatment resulted in 46% TC removal and 98% phenol conversion, whereas using additionally H2O2 led to 100% phenol conversion after 45 minutes and 81% TC removal.
ORCID iDs
Yerkinova, Azat, Balbayeva, Gaukhar, Inglezakis, Vassilis J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0195-0417 and Poulopoulos, Stavros G.;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 74157 Dates: DateEvent15 February 2018Published15 November 2017AcceptedSubjects: Science > Chemistry
Technology > Environmental technology. Sanitary engineeringDepartment: Faculty of Engineering > Chemical and Process Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 08 Oct 2020 13:06 Last modified: 30 Nov 2024 16:35 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/74157