Photodegradation of sugarcane vinasse: evaluation of the effect of vinasse pre-treatment and the crystalline phase of TiO2

Autores

  • Renata Padilha de Souza Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná Autor
  • Ana Maria Ferrari Lima Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná Autor
  • Osvaldo Pezoti Universidade Estadual de Maringá Autor
  • Veronice Sluzarski Santana Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná Autor
  • Marcelino Luiz Gimenez Universidade Estadual de Maringá Autor
  • Nádia Regina C. Fernandes-Machado Universidade Estadual de Maringá Autor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v38i2.27440

Palavras-chave:

vinasse, coagulation/flocculation, photocatalysis, toxicity

Resumo

In this work, the effect of vinasse pre-treatment and anatase content in the photocatalytic degradation of sugarcane vinasse was evaluated. The in nature vinasse was pretreated by coagulation/flocculation using vegetal tannin as coagulant and diluted 1: 2 with deionized water. The photocatalytic tests with in nature, pretreated and diluted vinasse were performed for 48 hours under UV radiation using 1 g of catalyst: TiO2 Kronos calcined at 300oC (100% anatase) and 1000oC (34% anatase) and TiO2 P25 (87% anatase). The process of coagulation/flocculation removed about 50, 85 and 97% of COD, color and turbidity of in nature vinasse, respectively. The results showed that despite the slight COD decrease of in nature vinasse, its toxicity was significantly reduced after photocatalytic treatment, especially when TiO2-34 and TiO2-87 were used. This behavior shows that the mixture of anatase and rutile phases showed a positive synergistic effect. Regarding pre-treatment of vinasse, the coagulation/flocculation process was more efficient, promoting the greatest reductions of COD (67%) and toxicity (up to 10 times).

 

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Biografia do Autor

  • Renata Padilha de Souza, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
    Departamento de Quí­mica

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Publicado

2016-04-01

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Quí­mica

Como Citar

Souza, R. P. de, Lima, A. M. F., Pezoti, O., Santana, V. S., Gimenez, M. L., & Fernandes-Machado, N. R. C. (2016). Photodegradation of sugarcane vinasse: evaluation of the effect of vinasse pre-treatment and the crystalline phase of TiO2. Acta Scientiarum. Technology, 38(2), 217-226. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v38i2.27440

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