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CHAPTER 5
5.1
GENERAL
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environmental
regulations
and
also
environmentally safer
and
5.2
SUMMARY
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the reaction vessel. The suspensions were magnetically stirred in the dark for
30 min to attain adsorption - desorption equilibrium between phenol and
TiO2. Irradiation was carried out in the open air and continuously aerated by
a pump to provide oxygen and for the complete mixing of reaction solution.
In all cases, 1 L of reaction mixture was irradiated.
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The effects of the three critical factors viz., pH, TiO2 and phenol
concentration on the photocatalytic degradation of phenolic wastewaters were
simulated and evaluated using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). This
methodology has shown to be a valuable tool to model complex process such
as the light - enhanced photocatalytic reaction and to achieve optimum
experimental parameters at minimal cost.
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5.3
CONCLUSION
The conclusions drawn from the study are:
photocatalysis (solar/TiO2)
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concentration.
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phenol in 2 hours was achieved. The improvement in the firstorder rate constant (k) value from 0.2 h-1 to 1.2 h-1 in
biological treatment was also observed.