INVESTIGADORES
ALFANO Orlando Mario
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Photocatalytic Degradation of an Endocring Disrupting Compound. Kinetic Modeling in a Slurry Reactor
Autor/es:
SATUF, M.L.; ALFANO, O.M.; MANASSERO, A.
Reunión:
Simposio; 7º Encontro sobre Aplicações Ambientais de Processos Oxidativos Avançados, 1º Congresso Iberoamericano de Processos Oxidativos Avançados; 2013
Resumen:
A kinetic
study of the photocatalytic degradation of the pharmaceutical clofibric acid is
presented. Experiments were carried out under UV radiation in a cylindrical
slurry reactor. The main reaction intermediates were identified and quantified.
Intrinsic expressions to represent the kinetics of clofibric acid and the main
intermediates were derived. The modeling of the radiation field in the reactor
was done by solving the radiative transfer equation with the Monte
Carlo method. Experimental runs were performed by varying the
catalyst concentration and the incident radiation. Kinetic parameters were
estimated from the experiments by applying a non-linear regression procedure. Good
agreement was obtained between model predictions and experimental data.