Photocatalytic Degradation of Pharmaceutical Compounds Using Titanium Dioxide Nano Particles
| Author(s) | : | Ankit M. Bhuva, Darshana T. Bhatti |
| Institution | : | Department of Chemical Engineering 1,2V.V.P. Engineering College, Rajkot, Gujarat, India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 2, Issue 2 — February 2015 |
| Page No. | : | 118-122 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
The presence of drugs in the aquatic media has emerged in the last decade as a new environmental pollution. Themain objective of the study was to evaluate the photocatalytic degradation of an aqueous solution containing antibiotic usingTiO2 for the degradation of the Azithromycin and Esomeprazole. First of all TiO2 nano particles was successfullysynthesized by the sol-gel method and characterization by the X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Transmission ElectronMicroscope (TEM).The Photocatalytic degradation of the Esomeprazole and Azithromycin antibiotics in aqueous solutionwas studied under UV irradiation and TiO2 nano powder. Percentage Degradation of this antibiotics was improved whenTitanium dioxide concentration was increased, the degradation was found maximum when TiO2 was 0.5 -1.0 gm/L. At aroom temperature and PH 6, 60% COD reduction was achieved with a 150 min. in case of Esomeprazole and 67% CODreduction was achieved in a case of Azithromycin. The result show that COD removal was increased with increasing TiO2concentration and decreasing initial concentration of antibiotics
Ankit M. Bhuva, Darshana T. Bhatti, “Photocatalytic Degradation of Pharmaceutical Compounds Using Titanium Dioxide Nano Particles”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 118-122, February 2015.
