title: Textile wastewater treatment and reuse by solar catalysis: results from a pilot plant in Tunisia.
abstract: Based on results from bench-scale flow-film-reactors (FFR) and aerated cascade photoreactors, a solar catalytic pilot plant has been built at the site of a textile factory. This plant has an illuminated surface area of 50 m2 and is designed for the treatment of 1 m3 h(-1) of wastewater. The preliminary results are presented and compared with a bench-scale FFR using textile wastewater and dichloroacetic acid. Equivalent degradation kinetics were obtained and it was demonstrated that the solar catalytic technology is able to remove recalcitrant compounds and color. However, on-site optimization is still necessary for wastewater reuse and for an economic application.
authors.affiliation: INRST, Laboratoire Eau and Environnement, B.P. 95, Hammam Lif, Tunisia. latifa.bousselmi@inrst.rnrt.tn
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bousselmi
authors.forename: S U
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Geissen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D007700:Kinetics; D010777:Photochemistry; D013472:Sunlight; D013783:Textile Industry; D014416:Tunisia; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000191:economics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D014873:Water Pollutants