Journal
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 172-180Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.serj.2017.04.002
Keywords
Flat-panel solar photoreactor; Coated TiO2 on plastic granules; Photocatalytic degradation; Methylene Blue
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- Ministry of Research and Higher Education, Republic of Indonesia [310y/I1.C01/PL/2015, 187Z/UN25.3.1/LT/2016]
- BP3 Iptek Province of West Java
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The purpose of this work is to design a prototype of a flat-panel (FP) photoreactor for wastewater treatment via solar illumination using TiO2 nano-photocatalysts. The TiO2 nanoparticles are initially coated on transparent plastic granules to avoid the difficulties associated with the recovery of nanoparticles after completing the treatment process. The coated granules were distributed in the space inside the reactor panel. The upper cover of the reactor is a transparent material that allows light penetration to activate the catalyst. Wastewater is circulated into the spaces between the coated granules. When exposed to solar illumination, photocatalytic reactions occur on nearly the entire surface of the coated granules. To test the reactor viability, we used technical grade TiO2 (for affordability) and a solution of Methylene Blue (MB) as a sample of wastewater. The photoreactor was tested for treating 30 L of MB solution with an initial concentration of 25 mg L-1. We observed that the reactor was able to degrade more than 98% of the MB in the solution after 48 h of solar illumination. The performance of the FP photoreactor was also improved by arranging several reactor panels in series. Using four panels, we observed that the complete decomposition of the same MB solution can be achieved within 10 h. The proposed FP photoreactor is a very promising alternative for use in decomposing recalcitrant organic pollutants in wastewater. (C) 2017 Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.
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