Journal
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages 261-266Publisher
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0279
Keywords
gas-sparged reactor; hydrogen peroxide; pesticide contaminants; photodegradation; wastewater treatment
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Photodegradation of organic pesticides in industrial wastewater was examined in a UV/H2O2/air system. An experimentally determined optimal amount of hydrogen peroxide (0.008% v/v) indicates that hydrogen peroxide concentration controlled the efficiency of photodegradation. Pre-treatment operations such as sedimentation, filtration and coagulation were used to obtain better efficiency of pesticide removal and to cut down on irradiation time. Finally, scale-up experiments in the air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) reactor were carried out. After 5 min irradiation of 100 dm(3) industrial wastewater almost all pesticides were destroyed. Thus the ASH reactor proved to be an effective contactor for carrying out photochemical reactions.
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