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Published on: June 28, 2017
Textile wastewater treatment and reuse by solar catalysis: results from a pilot plant in Tunisia
L Bousselmi1, S U Geissen, H Schroeder
1INRST, Laboratoire Eau and Environnement, B.P. 95, Hammam Lif, Tunisia. latifa.bousselmi@inrst.rnrt.tn
Abstract:
Based on results from bench-scale flow-film-reactors (FFR) and aerated cascade photoreactors, a solar catalytic pilot plant has been built at the site of a textile factory. This plant has an illuminated surface area of 50 m2 and is designed for the treatment of 1 m3 h(-1) of wastewater. The preliminary results are presented and compared with a bench-scale FFR using textile wastewater and dichloroacetic acid. Equivalent degradation kinetics were obtained and it was demonstrated that the solar catalytic technology is able to remove recalcitrant compounds and color. However, on-site optimization is still necessary for wastewater reuse and for an economic application.
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