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Kinetics of Photocatalytic Reactions with Porous Carriers Coated with Nano-$TiO_2$ Particles  

Park, Seong-Jun (Center for Environmental Biotechnology in Biodesign institute at Arizona State University)
Rittmann, Bruce E. (Center for Environmental Biotechnology in Biodesign institute at Arizona State University)
Bae, Woo-Keun (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers / v.31, no.10, 2009 , pp. 927-932 More about this Journal
Abstract
Toxic and recalcitrant organic pollutants in wastewaters can be effectively treated when advanced oxidation and biodegradation are combined, ideally with intimate coupling, in which both processes occur simultaneously in the same system. One means to achieve intimate coupling is to coat nanoscale $TiO_2$ on the outside of macroporous biofilm carriers. This study investigated the kinetics of photocatalysis with $TiO_2$-coated porous carriers. The carriers were made of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and coated with $TiO_2$ using a low-temperature sol-gel process. The $TiO_2$-coated carriers catalyzed the oxidation of methylene blue (MB) effectively under irradiation of UV light. The overall reaction rate with adsorption and photolysis saturated at high MB concentration, and approached the adsorption rate, which was first order for all MB concent rations. This result indicates that adsorbed MB may have slowed photocatalysis by blocking active sites for photocatalysis. The overall kinetics could be described by a quasi-Langmuir model. The estimated maximum specific (per unit mass of $TiO_2$) transformation rate of MB by the $TiO_2$-coated carriers was four times larger than that obtained from slurry-$TiO_2$ reactors. This observation demonstrated that the $TiO_2$ present as a coating on the carriers maintained high efficiency for transforming recalcitrant organic matter via photocatalysis. These findings serve as a foundation for advancement of an intimate coupling of photocatalysis to biodegradation.
Keywords
Quasi-Langmuir model; Photocatalysis; Intimate coupling; Recalcitrant organics; Macroporous carrier; Low-temperature sol-gel method; Titanium dioxide;
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