This MQP investigated a method for fixing TiO2 onto glass beads for use in a photocatalytic reactor. It was found that the apparent rate constant for the degradation of methylene blue using a single layer of the glass beads was 0.003 min-1 and that the apparent rate constant for three to four layers of the beads was 0.0065 min-1. This indicates the possibility of UV transmissibility through the beads and suggests that they may be a better substrate for the photocatalyst than other available substrates. The rate constants determined in this MQP were comparable to those found by others. These results indicate that glass beads are a very effective substrate for fixing a photocatalyst.

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Creator

• Vrooman, Isaac Henry

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-122716-125633

Advisor

• Bergendahl, John Andrew
• DiBiasio, David

Year

• 2016

Date created

• 2016-12-27

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright