In this study, concrete application as a substrate for TiO 2 nano powder immobilization in heterogeneous photocatalytic process was evaluated. TiO 2 immobilization on the pervious concrete surface was done by different procedures containing slurry method (SM), cement mixed method (CMM) and different concrete sealer formulations. Irradiation of TiO 2 was prepared by UV-A and UV-C lamps. Phenolic wastewater was selected as a pollutant and efficiency of the process was determined in various operation conditions including influent phenol concentration, pH, TiO 2 concentration, immobilization method and UV lamp intensity.
The removal efficiency of photocatalytic process in 4 h irradiation time and phenol concentration ranges of 25–500 mg/L was more than 80 %. Intermediates were identified by GC/Mass and spectrophotometric analysis.
According to the results, photocatalytic reactions followed the pseudo-first-order kinetics and can effectively treate phenol under optimal conditions.