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Environmental Engineering Science, Vol. 33, No. 8 | Original Articles

Modeling Total Organic Carbon Variation in a

Photocatalytic Process via Stochastic
Differential Equations
Adriano F. Siqueira, Hélcio J. Izário Filho, Marco A. K. Alcântara, Carla C. A. Loures, Lucas A. B. M. Teixeira,

Oswaldo L. C. Guimarães, Ana L. Gabas, and Diovana A. S. Napoleão

Published Online: 22 Jul 2016 https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2015.0294

Abstract
Advanced oxidative processes (AOP) are an important alternative in the treatment of industrial e uents.
Several studies in the literature report that the kinetic pro le of organic matter oxidation presents behavior
typical of pseudo- rst-order reactions. Recent work indicates a conversion rate in two phases: (1) a rapid initial
phase described in pseudo- rst-order kinetics and (2) a decelerated phase described as pseudo- rst order.
Previously published work proposed an empirical stochastic model that reproduced these behaviors. In the
present study, we found the average conversion degradation calculated by the stochastic model can
approximate this dual-reaction rate behavior. This model thus presents a method for estimating the apparent
kinetics constant from the model parameters without the need to arbitrarily separate the two conversion
stages in the same oxidation process. Additionally, the model's capability to describe the conversion of organic
load for different types of e uents and processes showed that this model satisfactorily describes total
organic carbon conversion for three different waste (leachate, dairy, and a synthetic one involving benzoic
acid) handled by different AOP. Thus, this work evidenced that the proposed model can describe diversi ed
oxidation processes combined with the carbonaceous charge degradation contained in complex industrial
e uents.

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