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Influence of reaction conditions on the ozonation process

Lenka Sumegová *, Ján Derco, Michal Melicher

Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 81237 Bratislava, Slovakia

E-mail: * lenka.sumegova@stuba.sk

Abstract: This paper is focused on the influence of granulated activated carbon (GAC) and zeolite as catalysts as well as influences of temperature and pH on the ozonation process. From obtained results it can be concluded that the addition of granulated activated carbon and zeolite to model wastewater has a positive effect on the efficiency and degradation rate of methylene blue oxidation with ozone. The highest oxidation efficiency was observed in the alkaline pH range for which radical reaction mechanism of ozone is characteristic. From the results obtained during the study of the effect of temperature on the ozonation process it follows that both the efficiency and the rate of oxidation of methylene blue grow with increasing temperature.

Keywords: influencing factors and variables, kinetics, methylene blue, ozonation

Full paper in Portable Document Format: acs_0161.pdf

Acta Chimica Slovaca, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2013, pp. 168—172, DOI: 10.2478/acs-2013-0026