Chemical Engineering Department discusse a PhD dissertation in Wastewater Treatment
Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Technology discussed a PhD dissertation entitled (Hydrodynamic Study of Mini-bubble Column Photo-catalytic Reactor and Its Application in Wastewater Treatment)
The dissertation of the student Fardous Mahmoud Abdullah aimed to remove organic pollutants of benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX) from petroleum wastewater using photoprocesses and using industrial wastewater. Iron-doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles were successfully produced through the soaking method.
The results showed that the maximum removal efficiency was 90% when the pH = 6.5, the light intensity was 42 W/L, and the catalyst concentration was 50 mg/L after 120 minutes.
The second set of experiments was conducted using a tapered bubble column (TBC) with an internal diameter increasing from 0.07 m at the bottom to 0.17 m at the top, a tapered angle of 1.6 degrees, a height of 1.8 m, and a capacity of about 20 liters. A submersible LED lamp (200 W, 200-550 nm) was used.
The discussion committee consisted of:
- Dr. Khaled Ajami Sakr / the head.
- Dr. Amer Aziz Abdul Rahman / Member.
- Dr. Ramzi Sayhoud Hamid / Member.
- Dr. Janan Abdul Karim Abdul Razzaq / Member.
- Profe. Dr. Rana Thabet Abdul / Member.
- Dr. Zainab Yousef Shanin / Supervisor.
- Dr. Asawir Abdul Rasoul Kouiri / Supervisor
- Prof. Dr. Mu’ayyad Muhammad Hassan / Scientific advisor, University of Technology.
- Prof. Dr. Haider Muwaffaq Tawfiq / Scientific advisor, University of Nahrain.
- Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdul Hadi Jabr / Linguistic advisor, University of Technology.
