Solar Energy for the Benefit of Water Treatment: Solar Photoreactor

In the field of the purification of wastewater the solar photocatalysis offers an interesting alternative. A process that uses luminous solar radiations to initiate chemical reactions which resists the attack and the destruction of the organic pollutants and the pathogenic agents. These characteristics allow the solar photocatalysis to be indispensable like an alternative technology for cleaning up as well as the disinfection of wastewater and integrates it in the concept of the durable development. Preliminary test results showed that the solar photocatalytic treatment of linuron gave a removal rate of 70% for more than 300 minutes.