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Lab-scale tubular LED UV reactor for continuous photocatalysis

Herrmann, Stefan ; Hirschwald, Lukas T. ; Heidmann, Karl H. ; Linkhorst, John ; Wessling, Matthias (2024)
Lab-scale tubular LED UV reactor for continuous photocatalysis.
In: HardwareX, 17
doi: 10.1016/j.ohx.2023.e00506
Artikel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Photocatalytic water treatment is considered a promising technique to prevent micropollutants from entering the environment. However, no off-the-shelf UV reactors on lab scale are available to study new processes and photocatalysts. In this study, we present a tubular UV reactor equipped with 30 UV-LEDs, emitting UV light at 367 nm and a total radiant flux of 42W. The UV reactor has an irradiated length of 300 mm and can host any transparent chemical reactor on the inside with a maximum diameter of 28 mm. The device is optimized for lab experiments with total dimensions of just 334 mm x 193 mm x 172 mm. Besides water treatment, a broad range of other photochemical and photocatalytic experiments can be performed with the reactor. Two identical UV reactors have been built and are successfully used for photocatalytic water treatment experiments. The degradation of methylene blue with TiO2 as photocatalyst was studied to validate the UV reactor. Furthermore, photocatalytic and hybrid processes were conducted in the UV reactor to degrade a broad range of pharmaceutical micropollutants.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2024
Autor(en): Herrmann, Stefan ; Hirschwald, Lukas T. ; Heidmann, Karl H. ; Linkhorst, John ; Wessling, Matthias
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Lab-scale tubular LED UV reactor for continuous photocatalysis
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: März 2024
Verlag: Elsevier
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: HardwareX
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 17
DOI: 10.1016/j.ohx.2023.e00506
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Photocatalytic water treatment is considered a promising technique to prevent micropollutants from entering the environment. However, no off-the-shelf UV reactors on lab scale are available to study new processes and photocatalysts. In this study, we present a tubular UV reactor equipped with 30 UV-LEDs, emitting UV light at 367 nm and a total radiant flux of 42W. The UV reactor has an irradiated length of 300 mm and can host any transparent chemical reactor on the inside with a maximum diameter of 28 mm. The device is optimized for lab experiments with total dimensions of just 334 mm x 193 mm x 172 mm. Besides water treatment, a broad range of other photochemical and photocatalytic experiments can be performed with the reactor. Two identical UV reactors have been built and are successfully used for photocatalytic water treatment experiments. The degradation of methylene blue with TiO2 as photocatalyst was studied to validate the UV reactor. Furthermore, photocatalytic and hybrid processes were conducted in the UV reactor to degrade a broad range of pharmaceutical micropollutants.

Freie Schlagworte: photocatalysis, tubular reactor, UV reactor, UV-LEDs, water treatment
ID-Nummer: Artikel-ID: e00506
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 16 Fachbereich Maschinenbau
16 Fachbereich Maschinenbau > Fachgebiet Verfahrenstechnik elektrochemischer Systeme (VES)
Hinterlegungsdatum: 24 Jul 2024 08:04
Letzte Änderung: 24 Jul 2024 08:04
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