‘All in one’ photo-reactor pod containing TiO2 coated glass beads and LEDs for continuous photocatalytic destruction of cyanotoxins in water
Date
04/2020Author
Grant ID
EP/P029280/1
EP/R023751/1
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Abstract
Blooms of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) in water reservoirs frequently produce highly toxic secondary metabolites including microcystins which have resulted in both human and animal fatalities. To tackle this global problem, we present here a viable solution: utilising the photo-catalytic power of TiO2 immobilised on glass beads that are encased in ‘photo-reactor pods’, equipped with UV LEDs, for the photocatalytic destruction of cyanotoxins. These reactor pods are designed in such a way that they can be used continuously with the aid of a power supply to facilitate the photocatalytic process. This process could be used to address one of the Global Challenges: providing safe drinking water around the globe.
Citation
Gunaratne , N , Pestana , C , Skillen , N , Hui , J , Rajendran , S , Edwards , C , Irvine , J T S , Robertson , P & Lawton , L 2020 , ' ‘All in one’ photo-reactor pod containing TiO 2 coated glass beads and LEDs for continuous photocatalytic destruction of cyanotoxins in water ' , Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology , vol. 6 , no. 4 , pp. 945-950 . https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ew00711c
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Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2053-1400Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EW00711C
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Authors wish to thank EPSRC Global Challenges program for providing the funding for this project (Grant number EP/P029280/1). NS wishes to thank ‘Energy Pioneering Research Program (PRP)’ at QUB. JTSI and JH wish to acknowledge EPSRC Capital for Great Technologies (Grant EP/LP017008/1and EP/R02375/1).Collections
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