Author(s)

Italo Mazzarino

Abstract

Homogeneous and photocatalytic photo-activated processes were experimentally investigated by carrying out the degradation of various refractory organic pollutants in pilot size reactors. The efficiency of the processes was evaluated by measuring both the degradation of the primary pollutants and the decrease of the total organic carbon in the treated water. The comparison between the purification processes is performed in terms of rate of degradation of the organic pollutants and energy efficiency. 1 Introduction A wide number of organic pollutants of industrial waste waters shows a strong resistance to the conventional purification processes. These compounds are usually d

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