Professor Radhakrishna Prabhu r.prabhu@rgu.ac.uk
Professor
Energy efficient operation of photocatalytic reactors based on UV LEDs for pollution remediation in water.
Prabhu, R.; Hewitt, F.; Georgieva, G.; Lawton, L.A.; Meenakshi, H.N.; Robertson, P.K.J.
Authors
F. Hewitt
G. Georgieva
Professor Linda Lawton l.lawton@rgu.ac.uk
Professor
H.N. Meenakshi
P.K.J. Robertson
Abstract
Photocatalytic technology using TiO2 is one of the emerging approaches for water treatment, especially as a final step to remove complex organics such as pesticides, hormones or humic acids. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a semiconductor material with strong UV absorption band and exhibits strong photocatalytic activity. The photocatalytic activity of TiO2 powders have been extensively studied, using UV light sources. However, the incident photons that initiate the process of photocatalytic oxidation using titanium dioxide are not efficiently used, this is responsible for the low photonic efficiency that characterise oxidation of aqueous pollutants hence its limitation in industrial applications. Periodic illumination has been investigated as a means of increasing the photonic efficiency in a photoreactor with acid orange as a model pollutant. Results indicate more than four-fold increase in photonic efficiency through periodic illumination compared to continuous illumination. This approach can improve the energy efficiency of the photocatalytic water treatment systems.
Citation
PRABHU, R., HEWITT, F., GEORGIEVA, G., MEENAKSHI, H.N., LAWTON, L.A. and ROBERTSON, P.K.J. 2017. Energy efficient operation of photocatalytic reactors based on UV LEDs for pollution remediation in water. In Proceedings of OCEANS 2017, 19-22 June 2017, Aberdeen, UK. New York: IEEE [online], article number 8085011, pages 2623-2627. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8085011
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (published) |
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Conference Name | OCEANS 2017 (Aberdeen) |
Start Date | Jun 19, 2017 |
End Date | Jun 22, 2017 |
Acceptance Date | Jun 19, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 19, 2017 |
Publication Date | Oct 26, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Jan 23, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 23, 2018 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Article Number | 8085011 |
Pages | 2623-2627 |
ISBN | 9781538621110 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8085011 |
Keywords | Water treatment; Titanium dioxide; Azo dyes; Photocatalysis; UV LEDs |
Public URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2683 |
Contract Date | Jan 23, 2018 |
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