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<strong>Solar photocatalytic treatment of gelatin industry effluent: Performance of pilot scale reactor with suspended TiO2 and supported TiO2</strong>

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Title Statement <strong>Solar photocatalytic treatment of gelatin industry effluent: Performance of pilot scale reactor with suspended TiO2 and supported TiO2</strong>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Swaminathan, M. ; Department of Chemistry, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar - 608 002. Tamil Nadu, India.
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Suspended TiO2; Falling film photoreactor; Solar light; Gelatin industry effluent; Degradation; Photocatalysis
 
Summary, etc. Degradation of gelatin in the effluent by heterogeneous photocatalysis using suspended and supported TiO<sub>2</sub> in falling film photoreactor under natural solar light has been investigated. Suitable weight proportions of slurry comprising fevicol and home-made TiO<sub>2</sub> have been prepared and the fevicol TiO<sub>2 </sub>(F-T) film on acrylic sheet is obtained by brush coating. TiO<sub>2</sub> coating containing 10 wt% fevicol is found to be more adherent and efficient for gelatin degradation. This F-T catalyst in the falling film photoreactor has been tested for the treatment of effluent and its efficiency is compared with suspended homemade TiO<sub>2</sub>. The effects of operational parameters such as the amount of TiO<sub>2</sub>, effluent concentration, and initial <em>p</em>H on treatment process by F-T coating as well as by suspended TiO<sub>2</sub> slurry have been analyzed. The F-T film is efficient for repeated treatment of effluent when compared to suspended TiO<sub>2</sub>. Hence this cost effective solar photocatalytic process is widely applicable at industrial scale.
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Chemical Technology (IJCT)
2016-05-19 09:31:28
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Chemical Technology (IJCT); ##issue.vol## 23, ##issue.no## 2 (2016): Indian Journal of Chemical Technology
 
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