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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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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15-23
JournalMaterials Science in Semiconductor Processing
Volume42
Early online date31 Jul 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished online - 31 Jul 2015

Keywords

  • Hydrogen
  • Solar photoreactors
  • Solar disinfection
  • Solar watertreatment

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