INVESTIGADORES
ALFANO Orlando Mario
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Photo-Fenton Degradation of Water Pollutants in Laboratory and Solar Pilot-Plant Reactors
Autor/es:
ALFANO, O.M.; ALBIZZATI, E.D.; FARIAS, J.; CONTE, L.O.
Reunión:
Congreso; Argentina y Ambiente 2012; 2012
Resumen:
A methodology for analysis and design of a photo-Fenton solar reactor for water decontamination is presented. The proposed methodology is based on the fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering and radiative transfer in participating media, without using adjustable parameters in going from the laboratory information to a pilot scale apparatus. This approach consists of three main steps: (i) a kinetic study of the pollutant degradation in a well-stirred tank laboratory reactor for different iron salt concentrations, reaction temperatures and hydrogen peroxide to pollutant initial concentration ratios, (ii) a theoretical and experimental study of a novel pilot-plant solar reactor for the photo-Fenton treatment of waters containing toxic organic compounds, and (iii) a study of the apparent and absolute quantum efficiencies of the photo-Fenton mineralization of a commercial herbicide.