Experimental study demonstrates over 50% organic pollutant removal from municipal wastewater using titanium dioxide and fly ash composites, indicating a viable water treatment alternative.
Fly ash-TiO2 composites were obtained by sol–gel, and their catalytic performance was evaluated on removal of organic loading and expressed as Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) from real wastewater samples. SEM, X-ray fluorescence, XRD, IR, Raman analysis and determination of PZC characterized the catalysts. The photocatalytic tests were carried out in a laboratory reactor under UV-VIS irradiation and influence of fly ash (FA) content, and irradiation time was investigated. The catalysts with FA content of 10%, 20% and 30% showed COD removal efficiencies higher than 50% after 5 h of irradiation. The COD degradation followed a pseudo-first order kinetic model. Obtained results proved that FA-TiO2 composites could represent a suitable alternative for removal of organic loading from real wastewater.
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