<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Wastewater containing a high concentration of organic substances was exposed to gamma radiolysis in the presence and absence of a catalyst (TiO2); radiolysis and radiocatalysis were performed by means of continuous and discontinuous irradiation. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was the parameter used to estimate the concentration of organic compounds without interference by the high mineral content. The data was well fitted to the pseudo-first-order kinetic model of Langmuir-Hinshelwood. From a [DOC]0 = 140 ± 7 mg/L, the higher DOC degradation (74%) and apparent rate constant (Kapp = 0.083 h-1) were found using discontinuous radiocatalysis. This process could be an alternative method of treatment of industrial or municipal wastewater</abstract>

Wastewater containing a high concentration of organic substances was exposed to gamma radiolysis in the presence and absence of a catalyst (TiO2); radiolysis and radiocatalysis were performed by means of continuous and discontinuous irradiation. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was the parameter used to estimate the concentration of organic compounds without interference by the high mineral content. The data was well fitted to the pseudo-first-order kinetic model of Langmuir-Hinshelwood. From a [DOC]0 = 140 ± 7 mg/L, the higher DOC degradation (74%) and apparent rate constant (Kapp = 0.083 h-1) were found using discontinuous radiocatalysis. This process could be an alternative method of treatment of industrial or municipal wastewater

Radiocatalytic degradation of dissolved organic compounds in wastewater

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Wastewater containing a high concentration of organic substances was exposed to gamma radiolysis in the presence and absence of a catalyst (TiO2); radiolysis...

Radiocatalytic degradation of dissolved organic compounds in wastewater

Article Category: Regular Paper

Published Online: Oct 26, 2016

Page range: 473 - 476

Received: May 25, 2015

Accepted: Aug 25, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0077

Keywords
wastewater, dissolved organic carbon, radiocatalysis

© by Jaime Jiménez-Becerril

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Radiocatalytic degradation of dissolved organic compounds in wastewater

Article Category: Regular Paper

Published Online: Oct 26, 2016

Page range: 473 - 476

Received: May 25, 2015

Accepted: Aug 25, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0077

Keywordswastewater, dissolved organic carbon, radiocatalysis

© by Jaime Jiménez-Becerril

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
wastewater, dissolved organic carbon, radiocatalysis