Influência da concentração de sólidos totais e da temperatura no processo de co-digestão anaeróbia de resíduos sólidos orgânicos

Abstract

Much of the pollution potential adjunct to human activities is related to the emission of large volumes of household and industrial waste, which, even if treated by conventional methods available, have resistant and toxic chemical species that contaminate the water environment. As a result, many efforts have been devoted to the development of alternative technologies, especially the advanced oxidation processes and, in this context, for heterogeneous photocatalysis. The tin dioxide (SnO2) stands out as an excellent photocatalytic activity material. The objective was to study the photodegradation of rhodamine B mediated by UV irradiation / SnO2 and SnO2 impregnated polystyrene nanofoams in order to evaluate the use of the catalyst impregnated polystyrene nanofoams and its reuse. The nanoparticles of SnO2 were synthesized by the polymeric precursor method, based on the Pechini method, calcination temperatures investigated oxide were 700, 800 and 900 ° C. SnO2 nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS), surface area analysis (B.E.T) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The nanoparticles of SnO2 were impregnated in nanofoams polystyrene by Thermally Induced Phase Separation mechanism (TIPS), forming the photocatalysts PS/SnO2-700; PS/SnO2-800 and PS/SnO2-900 ° C. The nanofoams PS/SnO2 were characterized by XRD, B.E.T and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The dye used for testing these photocatalysts is Rhodamine B. The tests showed the effectiveness of these catalysts in the degradation of rhodamine B dye, wherein the impregnation with the polystyrene matrix increased a little photocatalytic activity of all the catalysts and the photocatalyst that obtained the best results with 94% tin dioxide was calcined at 700 ° C and the nanofoams PS/SnO2-700 ° C with 98%. Reuse tests were made that catalyst calcined at 700 ° C powder and impregnated, where it was proven that besides having a photocatalytic activity nanofoams PS/SnO2 can be removed more easily, which facilitates the separation of solution and photocatalyst.