This study was performed with the aim of investigating the efficiency of the Nano photocatalytic of ultraviolet and titanium dioxide compound and rice husk silica adsorbent (UV/TiO2/RHS) in removal reactive red 198 dye from synthetic aqueous solutions. The removal of reactive red 198 dye was done in batch reactors with a volume of 250 ml using RHS deposited by titanium dioxide in the presence of a UV lamp. The effect of pH, immobilization of TiO2 on RHS adsorbent, contact time, nanoparticle mass and initial concentration of dye in removal efficiency were investigated. The results of this research showed that with an increase in pH and alkalinity of the solution, the removal efficiency declined. As the pH changed from 3 to 9, the removal efficiency in UV/TiO2/RHS, RHS adsorbent and UVC radiation declined from 75.25 to 27.87, 8.37 to 3.4, and 16.62 to 3.25%, respectively. The maximum dye removal efficiency obtained by UV/TiO2/RHS was as large as 87.5% under pH=3, contact time of 60 min, nanoparticle mass of 1 g/L, and 25 mg/L concentration of the reactive red 198 dye. Therefore, the rice husk silica as a natural adsorbent in combination with (TiO2/UV) can be used as an effective method for removal reactive red of aqueous solutions on a larger scale by optimizing the parameters affecting the removal efficiency. تفاصيل المقالة

Water samples of 0, 50, and 100 nephelometric turbidity units (NTU) spiked with fecal coliforms (107 CFU/ml) were exposed to natural sunshine in 1l quartz glass tubes fitted with rectors’ compound parabolic concentrators CPCS at two forms CPC1 (whit nanoparticle zinc oxide) and CPC2(without nanoparticle zinc oxide). The samples were characterized using the X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscope (TEM). On clear days, the complete inactivation times (more than 7-log unit reduction in bacterial population) in the systems with CPC1, and CPC2 were 15, and 30 min, respectively. The maximum temperatures obtained in the water samples were 80 for CPC1, and 82 for CPC2. The use of CPC1 with hydroxyl radicals (OH•) production significantly improved the efficiency of the old CPCS technique, since these systems (CPC1-2) shortened the exposure times to solar radiation and also minimized the negative effects of turbidity and also regrowth was zero in the disinfected samples. Due to two simultaneous effects of high temperatures and UV, regrowth in most ways of solar disinfection was not seen in these examples. Overall, this technology has been proved to be a good enhancement method to inactivate microorganisms under real conditions and represents a good alternative technique to drinking water treatment. تفاصيل المقالة