The photocatalytic degradation of lignin from simulated recycled paper mill effluent using nano titania

• Main Authors: Hermoso, Ria Angelica L., Montero, Shaira Sharmaine G.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Chemical engineering; Photocatalysis; Lignin; Pulp mills; Paper mills; Effluent quality; Paper industry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_honors/341
• Institution: De La Salle University

Lignin is contained in pulp and paper mill effluents, which is a major chemical oxygen demand (COD) component. In fact, the dark color of pulp and waste waters is due to the presence of residual lignin and of its degradation products. Several of these compounds remain in the water effluents and are...