Suspended TiO2-assisted photocatalytic degradation of emerging contaminants in a municipal WWTP effluent using a solar pilot plant with CPCs

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 198-199, Issue , 2012, Pages 301-309

  Sousa, M A ^a,b   Goncalves C ^b   Vilar, Vítor J P ^a   Boaventura, Rui A R ^a   Alpendurada, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Instituto da Agua da Regiao Norte Matosinhos   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Compound parabolic collectors (CPCs); Lorazepam; Pharmaceutical; TiO2 solar photocatalysis; WWTP effluent

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY TEST; AQUATIC MEDIA; BIOTREATMENTS; BISOPROLOL; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CIPROFLOXACIN; COMPOUND PARABOLIC COLLECTOR; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DICLOFENAC; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; EMERGING POLLUTANTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; KETOPROFEN; LORAZEPAM; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MODERATE CONCENTRATION; OVER POTENTIAL; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; PHOTON SOURCES; PHOTOTREATMENT; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETIC MODEL; REMOVAL RATE; SOLAR PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLAR PILOT PLANTS; SOLAR UV RADIATION; TIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WWTP EFFLUENT;

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; PELLETIZING; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PILOT PLANTS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84864302436     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.05.060     Document Type: Article

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