Phototreatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) over Cu/TiO2 Photocatalyst

Kim Hoong Ng; Mohd. Rizauddin Deraman; Chun How Ang; Soo Kee Chong; Zi Ying Kong; Maksudur R. Khan; Chin Kui Cheng

doi:10.9767/bcrec.9.2.6011.121-127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.9.2.6011.121-127

Phototreatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) over Cu/TiO2 Photocatalyst

Kim Hoong Ng, Mohd. Rizauddin Deraman, Chun How Ang, Soo Kee Chong, Zi Ying Kong, Maksudur R. Khan, Chin Kui Cheng

Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Received: 5 Jan 2014; Revised: 8 Apr 2014; Accepted: 8 Apr 2014; Available online: 14 Jul 2014; Published: 30 Aug 2014.

Editor(s): Istadi Istadi

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The current work reported on the use of different formulations of Cu/TiO2 photocatalysts for the UV-irradiation of palm oil mills effluent (POME). Different copper loadings, viz. 2 wt%, 5 wt%, 10 wt%, 15 wt%, 20 wt% and 25 wt% were doped onto titania. XRD pattern confirmed the presence of anatase TiO2 as primary phase due to mild calcination temperature (573 K). Photo-decomposition of POME over 20 wt% Cu/TiO2 exhibited the highest conversion (27.0%) attributed to its large pore diameter (20.0 nm). In addition, optimum loading was 0.83 g/l. © 2014 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

Keywords: POME; Copper; TiO2; UV-irradiation

Funding: Ministry of Education Malaysia under contract Exploratory Research Grant Scheme RDU120613; Universiti Malaysia Pahang under contract Short Term Grant RDU120323

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