Water disinfection using an immobilised titanium dioxide film in a photochemical reactor with electric field enhancement

I. M. Butterfield; P. A. Christensen; T. P. Curtis; J. Gunlazuardi

doi:10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00391-0

Water disinfection using an immobilised titanium dioxide film in a photochemical reactor with electric field enhancement

I. M. Butterfield, P. A. Christensen, T. P. Curtis, J. Gunlazuardi

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Abstract

We have produced an adherent defect TiO₂ film reactor in which the performance is greatly improved by the application of a small positive bias (electric field enhancement) to boost hydroxyl radical production. In the reactor the light, electric field and photocatalyst combined to disinfect water containing Clostridium perfringens spores and Escherichia coli. Singly, neither light, the electric field or the combination of light and fixed film could significantly reduce the numbers of indicator bacteria. We believe that water disinfection using an immobilised titanium dioxide film photochemical reactor with electric field enhancement could provide an effective and energy efficient source of hydroxyl radicals for water disinfection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	675-677
Number of pages	3
Journal	Water Research
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00391-0
Publication status	Published - Mar 1997

Keywords

Clostridium perfringens
Disinfection
Electric field enhancement
Electrochemical
Escherichia coli
Hydroxyl radical
Photochemical
Titanium dioxide

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