Decolorization of Water for Domestic Supply Employing UV Radiation and Hydrogen Peroxide

A kinetic study concerning water decolorization using a combination of low wavelength UV radiation (253.7 nm) and hydrogen peroxide has been performed. Kinetic studies were carried out in a specially designed flat plate reactor, made in such a way that almost “isoactinic” conditions are achieved. Re...

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Authors: Martin, Carlos Alberto, Alfano, Orlando Mario, Cassano, Alberto Enrique
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2000
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/27759
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/27759
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Water Decolorization
Uv Radiation
Hydrogen Peroxide
Photoreactor
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Summary:A kinetic study concerning water decolorization using a combination of low wavelength UV radiation (253.7 nm) and hydrogen peroxide has been performed. Kinetic studies were carried out in a specially designed flat plate reactor, made in such a way that almost “isoactinic” conditions are achieved. Results were analyzed in terms of a very simple kinetics expression. Absorbed radiation effects were duly quantified by means of a one-dimensional radiation field model. With experimental degradation rates, a kinetics expression relating the initial color (expressed in terms of initial total organic carbon) with the most important process variables was proposed and the decolorization kinetics parameters were obtained. The initial decolorization rates at 25°C can be properly represented with an equation of the following form: RTOC0=-kCTOC0ea(z).