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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Process modeling and kinetic evaluation of petroleum refinery wastewater treatment in a photocatalytic reactor using TiO 2 nanoparticles
Powder Technology, Volume 221, Year 2012
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The photocatalytic oxidation and mineralization of petroleum refinery wastewater in aqueous catalyst suspensions of titanium dioxide (TiO 2), Degussa P25 (80% anatase, 20% rutile), were carried out in a batch circulating photocatalytic reactor. The experiments were conducted based on a central composite design (CCD) and analyzed using response surface methodology (RSM). In order to analyze the process, four significant variables viz. pH (2-10), catalyst concentration (0-200mg/l), temperature (22.5-52.5°C), and reaction time (30-150min) and TCOD removal as the process response were studied. From the data derived from the factorial design, the ANOVA analysis revealed that the first-order effects of reaction time, pH, temperature and catalyst concentration and second-order effect of pH, catalyst concentration and temperature produce the main effect on TCOD removal efficiency. A maximum reduction in TCOD of more than 83% was achieved at the optimum conditions (pH of 4, catalyst concentration of 100mg/l, temperature of 45°C and reaction time of 120min). The reaction kinetics showed that reactive activation energy for TCOD conversion was calculated to be 19.34kJ/mol. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Zinatizadeh, Ali Akbar
Iran, Kermanshah
Razi University
Akhbari, Azam
Iran, Kermanshah
Razi University
Iran, Kermanshah
Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah Branch
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Citations: 158
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 4
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10.1016/j.powtec.2012.01.003
ISSN:
1873328X