Photocatalytic Wastewater Treatment with Titania Bound to Glass
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open in viewerThe objective of this project was to study and evaluate the treatment efficiency of a reactor that utilized titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles immobilized on glass beads in both a fixed and fluidized bed configuration. The degradation of the organic contaminant, methylene blue (MB), was evaluated with a UV-vis spectrophotometer. Results suggested that the inter-particle forces acting between coated glass beads in a fluidized bed exceeded the bond strength of the nanopowder coating and thus detached. Conversely in a fixed bed, with a lower fluid flow rate, results showed a steady reduction in MB concentration over time when the immobilized TiO2 was exposed to UV irradiation. This degradation was found to perform at a rate much higher than the rate of UV exposure without TiO2 present.
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- E-project-012914-131721
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- Year
- 2014
- Date created
- 2014-01-29
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- Major
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- Dernière modification
- 2021-01-28
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