Tylosin abatement in water by photocatalytic process

TL;DR

This study investigates the use of immobilized titanium dioxide for photocatalytic degradation of tylosin in water, demonstrating the process's dependence on catalyst surface coverage and its potential for antibiotic removal.

Contribution

It provides experimental evidence supporting the feasibility of photocatalytic systems using titanium dioxide for tylosin abatement in water treatment.

Findings

Degradation depends on catalyst surface coverage.

Langmuir-Hinshelwood model fits initial reaction data.

Photocatalytic process shows promise for antibiotic removal.

Abstract

The photocatalytic degradation of tylosin has been studied using immobilized titanium dioxide as catalyst. T he processes of degradation and reduction of tylosin was examined, and the activity is dominantly dependent on the surface coverage of the catalysts, The Langmuir-Hinshelwood model is satisfactorily obeyed at initial time and in the course of the reaction. These results suggest the feasibility of a photocatalytic system on the elimination of such antibiotic.