Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Pilot Plant for Cyanide Decontamination: A Novel Solar Rotary Photoreactor
Fecha
2022Registro en:
Tirado-Muñoz, O., Tirado-Ballestas, I., Barbosa Lopez, A. L., & Colina-Marquez, J. (2022). Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Pilot Plant for Cyanide decontamination: A novel solar rotary photoreactor. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 144(5), 051005.
10.1115/1.4054030
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Repositorio Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Autor
Tirado-Munõz, Omar
Tirado-Ballestas, Irina
Barbosa Lopez, Aida Liliana
Colina-Marquez, Jose
Resumen
During the gold extraction in opencast mining, many hazardous substances, such as cyanide, are spilled into the water bodies. This study’s aim was to develop a novel rotary photocatalytic TiO2-based reactor to remove cyanide from polluted water using a rotary concentrator photoreactor (RCPR). This pilot-scale reactor was tested with synthetic cyanide water at concentrations from 0.05 to 50 ppm, varying the pH and commercial TiO2 load. The optimal conditions from experimental data were 87.4% of cyanide removal and catalyst load of 0.30 g/L at pH 9.5. Further, samples of cyanide water from an opencast gold mine were treated, achieving removal of 68.7% after 240 min. Our value-added is the rotary motion of the set of four glass tubes, achieving satisfactory performance, which is promising for cyanide wastewater treatment with a more compact footprint than a standard compound parabolic collector (CPC) solar photoreactor. Thus, it was possible to reduce mass and heat transfer limitations with a simple design by considering this photoreactor as a photocatalytic process intensifier. Copyright © 2022 by ASME.