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Multiphase Reactors in Photocatalytic Treatment of Dye Wastewaters: Design and Scale-Up Considerations

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Advanced Oxidation Processes in Dye-Containing Wastewater

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Treatment of dye wastewaters is important to recover and reuse the water in order to mitigate the impending freshwater crisis precipitated by a growing population, industrialization and declining freshwater reserves. Photocatalysis is very effective in complete mineralization of the different pollutants present, but the complex design, construction and scale-up of photocatalytic reactors for industrial-scale applications is still an open problem. Among the different configurations of reactors studied, the work on multiphase photocatalytic reactors is comparatively less. In this chapter, after a brief look at the basic fundamentals, a comprehensive review of the different multiphase photocatalytic reactors is presented with the aim of showing why this type could be a better option for the degradation of toxic dyes. The important operational parameters are discussed followed by an overview of the issues encountered in scale-up. Finally, the future aspects concerning the use of multiphase reactors for photocatalytic treatment of dye wastewaters are given.

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Das, S., Mahalingam, H. (2022). Multiphase Reactors in Photocatalytic Treatment of Dye Wastewaters: Design and Scale-Up Considerations. In: Muthu, S.S., Khadir, A. (eds) Advanced Oxidation Processes in Dye-Containing Wastewater. Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0987-0_10

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