Photocatalytic Degradation of an Endocring Disrupting Compound. Kinetic Modeling in a Slurry Reactor

SATUF, M.L.; ALFANO, O.M.; MANASSERO, A.

Simposio; 7º Encontro sobre Aplicações Ambientais de Processos Oxidativos Avançados, 1º Congresso Iberoamericano de Processos Oxidativos Avançados; 2013

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.