Delia Teresa Sponza

Title : Photocatalytic treatment of industrial pulp and paper mill wastewater using Fe2O3/TiO2 nanocomposite

Abstract:

In this study the pollutants (COD ,CODdis, TOC, BOD5, TSS, TDS, color) were degraded by Fe2O3-TiO2 nanocomposite produced under laboratory conditions. The effects of pollutant concentration  (COD dis=  500,  700,  1000, 1500 and 2000 mg/l),photocatalytic power ( 25 , 50, 75, 100 and 125 W/m2), photocatalytic time (15 , 25, 35, 45 and 60 min),nanocomposite concentration ( 2,  4, 6 and 8 mg/l), Ph( 5, 7 and 8), presence of some anions (BrO3,   and ClO4)  and  increasing temperatures ( 20, 30 and 40 Oc) during treatment were investigated. The pollutants were removed with yields as high  as 99 %  saccording to Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetic model, with pollutant rate constants varied between    2  and 3. X 10-2 min-1   in the presence of  4 mg/l Fe2O3-TiO2,  1500 mg/l  COD dis,  50 W/m2 power after 25 min at Ph=5 ant 20 Oc temperature. The magnetic  properties of Fe2O3-TiO2 showed high reusability  ( 99% removal for 50 times)and easy separation of the photocatalyst from the wastewater. 

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Biography:

Prof. Dr. Delia Teresa Sponza is currently working as a professor at Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Environmental Engineering. Scientific study topics are; Environmental engineering microbiology, Environmental engineering ecology, Treatment of fluidized bed and activated sludge systems, Nutrient removal, Activated sludge microbiology, Environmental health, Industrial toxicity and toxicity studies, The effect of heavy metals on microorganisms, Treatment of toxic compounds by anaerobic / aerobic sequential processes, Anaerobic treatment of organic chemicals that cause industrial toxicity and wastewater containing them, Anaerobic treatability of wastewater containing dyes, Treatment of antibiotics with anaerobic and aerobic sequential systems, Anaerobic and aerobic treatment of domestic organic wastes with different industrial treatment sludges, Treatment of polyaromatic compounds with bio-surfactants in anaerobic and aerobic environments, Treatment of petrochemical, Textile and olive processing industry wastewater by sonication, Treatment of olive processing industry wastewater with nanoparticles and the toxicity of nanoparticles. She has many international publications.