INTEC   05402
INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO TECNOLOGICO PARA LA INDUSTRIA QUIMICA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Modelling and Experimental Verification of a Solar Reactor for the Photo-Fenton Treatment
Autor/es:
FARIAS, J.; ALBIZZATI, E.D.; ALFANO, O.M.
Revista:
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Editorial:
I W A PUBLISHING
Referencias:
Año: 2010 vol. 61 p. 1419 - 1426
ISSN:
0273-1223
Resumen:
In the
present work, a novel design of a solar reactor is presented. This pilot plant
scale reactor uses the UV-Visible and Near-Infrared solar radiation to promote
the photo-Fenton treatment. A theoretical study and experimental verification
were performed using formic acid as a model pollutant. The radiative transfer,
thermal energy and mass balances equations were solved to compute the formic
acid (F) and hydrogen peroxide (P) concentrations as a function of time. The
spectral and broadband solar radiation incident on the reactor window was
calculated from a computational code: the SMARTS2 program. Statistical
estimators have been used to measure the departure of theoretical model from
experimental data. A good agreement for formic acid and hydrogen peroxide
concentrations, temperature and total and UV broadband solar radiation was
obtained. The normalized root mean square errors (NRMSE) of the model for
predicted variables were lower than 11%.