Farzaneh Asvadi - Chemical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, P.O. Box ۱۵۸۷۵-۴۴۱۳, Tehran, Iran
Narges Fallah - Chemical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, P.O. Box ۱۵۸۷۵-۴۴۱۳, Tehran, Iran
Shilan Elyasi - Chemical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, P.O. Box ۱۵۸۷۵-۴۴۱۳, Tehran, Iran
Farnaz Mohseni - Chemical Engineering Department, Payame-Noor University of Shahre-kord, Shahre-kord, Iran

This research investigated the photocatalytic decolorization and degradation of an azo dye, reactive red 198 (RR198), in an aqueous solution with TiO2-P25 (Degussa) as the photocatalyst in a slurry form using UV light. There was a significant difference in the adsorption of the dye on the TiO2 surface with the change in the solution pH. The effect of various parameters such as catalyst loading, pH and the initial concentration of the dye on decolorization and degradation were determined. The optimum conditions of the reactor were acquired at a dye concentration of 62 mg/L, a pH of 3.7, and a catalyst concentration of 2.25 g/L; the dye removal efficiency was 98%. According to the ANOVA equation, the catalyst loading relevant coefficient = 19.25 and the pH relevant coefficient = −2.62 were determined to be the most and least effective parameters on the dye removal, respectively.

Adsorption ،Azo dyes،Photocatalytic degradation،Reactive red 198،TiO2; UV-light