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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2016

Pilot scale thin film plate reactors for the photocatalytic treatment of sugar refinery wastewater.

S Saran, G Kamalraj, P Arunkumar, S P Devipriya

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S SaranEnvironmental Photocatalysis Research Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 605014, India.
G KamalrajEnvironmental Photocatalysis Research Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 605014, India.
P ArunkumarEnvironmental Photocatalysis Research Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 605014, India.
S P DevipriyaEnvironmental Photocatalysis Research Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 605014, India. suja.ees@pondiuni.edu.in.
Pondicherry University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pilot scale thin film plate reactors (TFPR) were fabricated to study the solar photocatalytic treatment of wastewater obtained from the secondary treatment plant of a sugar refinery. Silver-impregnated titanium dioxide (TiO2) was prepared by a facile chemical reduction method, characterized, and immobilized onto the surface of ceramic tiles used in the pilot scale reactors. On 8 h of solar irradiation, percentage reduction of chemical oxygen demand (COD) of the wastewater by Ag/TiO2, pure TiO2, and control (without catalyst) TFPR was about 95, 86, and 22 % respectively. The effects of operational parameters such as, flow rate, pH, and addition of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) were optimized as they influence the rate of COD reduction. Under 3 h of solar irradiation, 99 % COD reduction was observed at an optimum flow rate of 15 L h(-1), initial pH of 2, and addition of 5 mM of H2O2. The results show that Ag/TiO2 TFPR could be effectively used for the tertiary treatment of sugar refinery effluent using sunlight as the energy source. The treated water could be reused for industrial purposes, thus reducing the water footprint of the industry. Graphical Abstract Sugar refinery effluent treatment by solar photocatalytic TFPR.

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Food IndustryIndustrial WastePhotochemical ProcessesBiological Oxygen Demand AnalysisCatalysisHydrogen PeroxideSolar EnergySunlightTitaniumWaste Disposal, FluidWastewaterWater PurificationHydrogen PeroxideIndustrial WasteTitaniumtitanium dioxideWastewaterCeramic tilesPilot scale thin film plate reactorSilver-impregnated TiO2Solar photocatalysisSugar refinery wastewater treatmentTiO2 immobilization

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