Engineering and modeling perspectives on photocatalytic reactors for water treatment

D Wang, MA Mueses, JAC Márquez… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
The debate on whether photocatalysis can reach full maturity at commercial level as an
effective and economical process for treatment and purification of water and wastewater has …

Carbon materials in persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes: The roles and construction of active sites

H Luo, H Fu, H Yin, Q Lin - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Many researchers have paid more attention to the progress of carbon materials owing to
their advantages, such as high activity, low cost, large surface area, high conductivity and …

Fluidized-bed Fenton technologies for recalcitrant industrial wastewater treatment–Recent advances, challenges and perspective

QQ Cai, BCY Lee, SL Ong, JY Hu - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, fluidized-bed Fenton (FBR-Fenton) process has gained more attention in
treating recalcitrant industrial wastewater. FBR-Fenton combines the effectiveness of …

Review of photochemical reaction constants of organic micropollutants required for UV advanced oxidation processes in water

BA Wols, CHM Hofman-Caris - Water research, 2012 - Elsevier
Emerging organic contaminants (pharmaceutical compounds, personal care products,
pesticides, hormones, surfactants, fire retardants, fuel additives etc.) are increasingly found …

A mechanistic understanding of the degradation of trace organic contaminants by UV/hydrogen peroxide, UV/persulfate and UV/free chlorine for water reuse

W Li, T Jain, K Ishida, H Liu - Environmental Science: Water Research …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Climate change and population growth pose increasing challenges to the availability of
freshwater resources. Ultraviolet-based advanced oxidation processes (UV/AOPs) are …

Light-assisted advanced oxidation processes for the elimination of chemical and microbiological pollution of wastewaters in developed and developing countries

S Giannakis, S Rtimi, C Pulgarin - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
In this work, the issue of hospital and urban wastewater treatment is studied in two different
contexts, in Switzerland and in developing countries (Ivory Coast and Colombia). For this …

Photochemical advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment

MI Litter, N Quici - Recent Patents on Engineering, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) are excellent systems for remediation of
contaminated wastewaters containing recalcitrant organic pollutants. The most studied …

Degradation of pharmaceuticals in UV (LP)/H2O2 reactors simulated by means of kinetic modeling and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

BA Wols, DJH Harmsen, J Wanders-Dijk… - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract UV/H 2 O 2 treatment is a well-established technique to degrade organic
micropollutants. A CFD model in combination with an advanced kinetic model is presented …

Predicting pharmaceutical degradation by UV (LP)/H2O2 processes: a kinetic model

BA Wols, DJH Harmsen, EF Beerendonk… - Chemical Engineering …, 2014 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and other organic micropollutants are increasingly found in water sources.
The UV/H 2 O 2 process is a suitable technology to degrade these pharmaceuticals. A …

Heterogeneous Fenton reaction for elimination of Acid Yellow 36 in both fluidized-bed and stirred-tank reactors: computational fluid dynamics versus experiments

ME Farshchi, H Aghdasinia, A Khataee - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous Fenton process is a kind of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) that is
significant for wastewater treatment. In the first part of this study, acid yellow 36 (AY36) …