TY - JOUR
T1 - Removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) pollutants from water by novel TiO2-Coconut Shell Powder (TCNSP) composite
AU - Khraisheh, Majeda
AU - Kim, Jongkyu
AU - Campos, Luiza
AU - Al-Muhtaseb, Ala'a H.
AU - Al-Hawari, Alaa
AU - Al Ghouti, Mohammad
AU - Walker, Gavin M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support of QNRF NPRP 09-328-2-122 . The authors were also grateful to Kangwon National University of Korea for support of production equipment's.
PY - 2014/5/25
Y1 - 2014/5/25
N2 - Photocatlytic removal of three pharmaceutical and personal care products pollutants using novel TiO2-Coconut Shell Powder (TCNSP) composite was investigated. The photocatalytic degradation rate of PPCPs generally increased with increasing light intensity and dissolved oxygen concentration. The degradation rate decreased with increasing initial concentration of PPCPs. The PPCPs concentration decreased substantially under irradiation of UVC when used in conjunction with the TCNSP composite. A number of composite/radiation types and intensities were tested. The concentration rate decrease trend was as: UVC/TCNSP>UVA/TCNSP>UVC>UVA. Under the UVC/TCNP combination, 99% removal was achieved compared to 30% for TiO2.
AB - Photocatlytic removal of three pharmaceutical and personal care products pollutants using novel TiO2-Coconut Shell Powder (TCNSP) composite was investigated. The photocatalytic degradation rate of PPCPs generally increased with increasing light intensity and dissolved oxygen concentration. The degradation rate decreased with increasing initial concentration of PPCPs. The PPCPs concentration decreased substantially under irradiation of UVC when used in conjunction with the TCNSP composite. A number of composite/radiation types and intensities were tested. The concentration rate decrease trend was as: UVC/TCNSP>UVA/TCNSP>UVC>UVA. Under the UVC/TCNP combination, 99% removal was achieved compared to 30% for TiO2.
KW - Coconut Shell Powder
KW - Pharmaceutical and personal care products
KW - Photocatalytic degradation
KW - Recycling performance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jiec.2013.06.032
DO - 10.1016/j.jiec.2013.06.032
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84896391251
SN - 1226-086X
VL - 20
SP - 979
EP - 987
JO - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
JF - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
IS - 3
ER -