Is cavitation a truly sensible choice for intensifying photocatalytic oxidation processes? - Implications on phenol degradation using ZnO photocatalysts.

ABSTRACT: Phenols are recalcitrant compounds that constitute the majority of organic contaminants in industrial wastewaters. Their removal at large scales require a combination of various processes to reach the desired discharge quality. An extensive body of work has already been published in the area of phenol removal from wastewater, however none of them have focussed on a truly 'sensible' approach for coupling advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). Rather, a higher removal efficiency was targeted by unduly complicating the process by combining multiple AOPs. The most influential AOP as the primary method typically driven by the nature of the pollutant should form the basis for a hybrid AOP followed by a complementary AOP to intensify the oxidation process. This strategy is lacking in current litera

SUBMITTER: Sarvothaman VP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10433233 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature