INTEC   05402
INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO TECNOLOGICO PARA LA INDUSTRIA QUIMICA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Kinetic modeling of arsenic (III) oxidation in water employing the UV/H2O2 process
Autor/es:
M. LESCANO; C.S. ZALAZAR; A. CASSANO; BRANDI, R.J.
Revista:
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2012 p. 360 - 368
ISSN:
1385-8947
Resumen:
In a previous study it has been shown that the combination of hydrogen peroxide and UVC radiation is an
effective and feasible process to oxidize arsenic in water. In this work, a kinetic model for the photo-oxidation
of As (III) is presented. An initial concentration of 200 lg/L of As (III) was used. The model was
based on mechanistic reaction steps and included the modeling of the local radiation absorption effects.
The evaluation of the radiation field inside the reactor was achieved by solving the radiative transfer
equation for the homogeneous system. Both dark and photochemical arsenic oxidation rates were incorporated
in the complete kinetic expression. Three parameters were estimated and a simplified model that
only considered photoactivated reactions was developed. The rates obtained from these simplifications
were compared with the rates from the complete model and showed a satisfactory concordance. The
study was carried out in a cylindrical reactor operated in batch recirculation mode and two germicidal
lamps were used (k = 254 nm) as the source of radiation. Experimental runs were performed varying
the hydrogen peroxide concentration and incident radiation. Both models rendered a good representation
of the experimental data.