Descoloração e Mineralização de Corantes Reativos por Processo Fotocatalítico Utilizando ZnO e Radiação UV

• Autor(a) principal: Guerra, Wilson Nunes de Almeida
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/11919
• topic: Photocatalysis; reactive dyes; ZnO; Fe; Co; Fotocatálise; corantes reativos; ZnO; Fe; Co; CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA QUIMICA::PROCESSOS INDUSTRIAIS DE ENGENHARIA QUIMICA

Industries consume a huge amount of water and other chemical substances in the synthesis of their products and generate an elevated quantity of waste. Among the most important pollutants found in textile wastewaters are the synthetic dyes, that are not destroyed by conventional treatments. Alternatively, the heterogeneous photocatalysis is considered an affective treatment for wastewaters containing strong coloration. In this work, it was studied the decoloration kinetics and the degree of mineralization of four reactive dyes (Yellow 145, Black 5, Red 4 and Blue 21) in presence of UV irradiation and pure ZnO or impregnated ZnO with ions Fe2+ and Co2+ as photocatalysts. Preliminary tests indicated the optimal initial dyes concentration and the minimum amount of catalyst to be used in the photocatalytic experiments. In addition to the photocatalitic tests, individual experiments of photolysis and adsorption were also conducted, but they were not efficient. Results from UV-VIS spectrophotometry revealead the total color removal after 30 minutes of photocatalytic treatment with ZnO. Mineralization determined by total organic carbon (TOC) analyses showed that photocatalytic treatments were quite efficient achieving up to 80% of mineralization after 240 minutes of irradiation with ZnO. The efficiency of each photocatalyst ZnO, Fe/ZnO and Co/ZnO in the mineralization of a solution containing the four dyes mixture was also compared. After 240 minutes of irradiation, the mineralization of the dye s mixture presented the following order: Co/ZnO (32%), ZnO (78,8%) and Fe/ZnO (87,26%). The photocatalytic degradation of Black 5 dye followed a first order kinetic, while Yellow 145, Red 4 and Blue 21 dyes decoloration followed a zero order model