KINETIC APPROACH OF THE PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION OF DICHLOROMETHANE IN A COATED MESH REACTOR

PASSALÍA, C.; TIBALDO, M.; ALFANO, O. M.; BRANDI, R. J.

Praga

Conferencia; 5th European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes; 2017

Dichloromethane (DCM) is one of the most typical indoor air pollutants; it is usually found in concentrations several times larger than outdoors and is classified as a potential carcinogenic to humans. DCM was selected as a target pollutant for the evaluation of a coated mesh photocatalytic reactor for air purification. A kinetic approach was performed in a laboratory scale, one-pass, continuous reactor by modification of the main operating variables: flow rate, inlet DCM concentration and incident radiation level.