Fundamental Study on the Photocatalytic Degradation of Organics in Industrial Waste Water with the Presence of Titanium Dioxide

  • Kusaka, Eishi (Department of Energy Science and Technology, Faculty of Energy Science, Kyoto University) ;
  • Izawa, Mihiro (Department of Energy Science and Technology, Faculty of Energy Science, Kyoto University) ;
  • Fukunaka, Yasuhiro (Department of Energy Science and Technology, Faculty of Energy Science, Kyoto University) ;
  • Ishii, Ryuji (Department of Energy Science and Technology, Faculty of Energy Science, Kyoto University)
  • Published : 2001.10.01

Abstract

As part of fundamental studies on the degradation of the organic compounds in industrial waste water, the photocatalytic degradation properties of the organic compound by means of the UV/TiO$_2$degradation process have been investigated. The test organic compound of acetic acid was chosen in this study. The testing of photo catalytic degradation were performed under various operation conditions such as TiO$_2$dosages, initial concentration of the organic, the aqueous pH's, etc. The effects of various parameters on the short time activity of the present acetic acid-UV/TiO$_2$system could be demonstrated from this investigation.

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