Degradation of Volatile Organic Compounds and Pesticides by Heterogeneous Photocatalysis with Titanium Dioxide

Authors

  • Erika G. Tuesta Facultad de Ingeniería Química y Textil Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima - Perú
  • Yuri Zenitagoya Facultad de Ingeniería Química y Textil Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima - Perú
  • Silvia Ponce Facultad de Ingeniería Química y Textil Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima - Perú
  • Abel Gutarra Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima - Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21754/tecnia.v12i1.506

Abstract

A new technology for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants was investigated. It is based on photocatalytical properties of TiO, nanoparticles, under UV radiation. Four aliphatic alcohols: methanol, ethanol, 2-propanol and 1-butanol, as well as a pesticide: cypermetrhin,
where irradiated on nanoparticles of TiO, photocatalist. A cylindrical photoreactor which use a medium pressure Hg lamp, as UV radiation source, was specially designed for this work. Our system was able to follow in situ degradation using a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FT-IR) with a gas cell. From infrared spectra obtained a reaction mechanism was proposed. After few minutes of irradiation, complete mineralization were obtained, which indicates that photocatalytic method is an effective technique for degradation to this kind of pollutants.

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Published

2002-06-01

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E. G. Tuesta, Y. Zenitagoya, S. Ponce, and A. Gutarra, “Degradation of Volatile Organic Compounds and Pesticides by Heterogeneous Photocatalysis with Titanium Dioxide”, TEC, vol. 12, no. 1, Jun. 2002.

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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2002)

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