The goal of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of using titanium dioxide impregnated glass fibers and UV light as an Advanced Oxidation Process to remove 1,4-dioxane from water. Samples were subjected to different reaction times and variable solution pH. 1,4-Dioxane degradation increased linearly with time and peaked at a solution pH of 7. A first order reaction rate constant of 0.042 min-1 was found from the data collected and used in a scaled-up design.

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Creator

• Caccioppoli, Jessica Rita
• Manhardt, David Matthew

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-041816-155657

Advisor

• Bergendahl, John Andrew

Year

• 2016

Sponsor

• Zhenhong Yu at Aerodyne

Date created

• 2016-04-18

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Environmental Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

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• 2021-01-28