Decontamination and disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: The pilot plants of the Plataforma Solar de Almeria

Sixto Malato; Manuel I. Maldonado; Pilar Fernandez-Ibanez; Isabel Oller; Inmaculada Polo; Ricardo Sánchez-Moreno

doi:10.1016/j.mssp.2015.07.017

Decontamination and disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: The pilot plants of the Plataforma Solar de Almeria

Sixto Malato, Manuel I. Maldonado, Pilar Fernandez-Ibanez, Isabel Oller, Inmaculada Polo, Ricardo Sánchez-Moreno

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This workreviewstheuseofsunlighttoproducetheHO� radicals byTiO2 nanophotocatalysis.There-acting systemsnecessaryforperformingsolarphotocatalysiswillbedescribedandthefactorswhichgovernthekineticsofphotocatalysissuchasinitialconcentrationofreactant,massofcatalyst,pH,temperature,radiant flux andconcentrationofoxygenarehighlighted.Severalapproachesinordertoimprovethephotocatalysisefficiency ofTiO2 will bealsodescribed.Solarreactorsengineeringissuesforphotocatalyticwatertreatmentwillbereviewedaswellastheuseofthesolarphotocatalyticprocessesto inactivatemicroorganismspresentinwater,placingspecialemphasistothemechanismsactingduringthe process,mainlyhydroxylradicalandsingletoxygengeneration,andonexperimentalsystemsmadeto optimizethisdisinfectiontechnique.Heterogeneousphotocatalysisisalsoanattractivetechniqueforobtaining hydrogeninacleanway.Inthelastdecadesdifferentphotocatalyticsystemsforhydrogengenerationwithsimultaneousremovaloforganicpollutantshavebeenstudiedatlaboratoryscalebut,sofar,littlehasbeenpublishedaboutthesesystemsatalargerscale.Thepresentworkwillalsoshowthesimultaneous photocatalytichydrogenproductionandorganicpollutantremovalunderdirectsolarir-radiation andatpilot-plantscaleatthePlataformaSolardeAlmería(PSA).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-23
Journal	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
Volume	42
Early online date	31 Jul 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2015.07.017
Publication status	Published online - 31 Jul 2015

Keywords

Hydrogen
Solar photoreactors
Solar disinfection
Solar watertreatment

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