Abstract

Kinetic studies on the photocatalytic degradation of aliphatic carboxylic acids were carried out in a slurry photoreactor with in‐situ monitoring, employing artificial UV light as the source of energy and nano‐TiO2 powder as the catalyst. The influences on the photocatalytic degradation such as the initial concentration of reactant (C0 ), catalyst dosage (CTiO2 ), UV intensity (Ia ) and pH value have been investigated. Good agreement has been obtained between the value calculated by Langmuir–Freundlich–Hinshelwood (L–F–H) model and experimental data, with coefficient of multiple determination (R 2) varying from 0.880 to 0.999. The L–F–H model has been proven to be feasible in describing the kinetic characteristic of the photocatalytic degradation of aliphatic carboxylic acids. Moreover, the apparent reaction rate constant (k) of the photocatalytic degradation of dicarboxylic acids is higher than that of monocarboxylic acids with the same carbon atoms. This shows that the photocatalytic degradation rate is favoured by different chemical structure.

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