The Photocatalytic Removal of Ortho Chlorophenol from Aqueous Solution Using Modified Fly Ash - Titanium Dioxide

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Professor, Environmental Health Engineering Research Center and Department of Environmental Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences

2 Prof., Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Water Quality Research Center, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 MSc Student in Environmental Health Engineering, Department of Environmental Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Abstract

The photocatalytic process is a useful method for the effective removal of phenolic compounds. Conducted in the spring‒summer 2013 at the Engineering Research Center for Environmental Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, this experimental study used a modified fly ash‒TiO2 mixture to enhance the photocatalytic removal efficiency of ortho-chlorophenol. Fly ash obatined from the Thermal Power Plant in Zarand, Kerman, was initially washed with sulfuric acid before being oxidized with potassium permanganate. The mixture of modified fly ash and TiO2 was then used for the removal of ortho-chlorophenol in the presence of UV light and the factors involved in the removal process were optimized. It was found that the ortho-chlorophenol removal efficiency recorded by the mixture of modified fly ash and TiO2 was higher than that by each of the modified fly ash or TiO2/UV alone. It was, further, observed that removal efficiency with a modified fly ash to TiO2 ratio of 3:1 rose to 98.8% under optimum conditions (i.e., pH: 2; contact time: 2 h; room temperature (29±2˚C), and a catalyst dose of 0.6 g). The ortho-chlorophenol removal efficiency in real wastewater from the Coal Wash Plant in Zarand was recorded at 88.4%. Based on the results obtained from simultaneous use of modified fly ash and TiO2, the proposed method may be recommended for industrial applications.

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Journal of Water and Wastewater; Ab va Fazilab ( in persian )
Volume 27, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
Serial Number: 102
May and June 2016
Pages 14-21

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