Publication Date:
2012-08-22
Description:
The optimization processes of photo degradation are complicated and expensive when it isperformed with traditional methods such as one variable at a time. In this research, thecondition of ortho-cresol (o-cresol) photo degradation was optimized by using a semiempirical method. First of all, the experiments were designed with four effective factorsincluding irradiation time, pH, photo catalyst's amount, o-cresol concentration and photodegradation % as response by response surface methodology (RSM). The RSM used centralcomposite design (CCD) method consists of 30 runs to obtain the actual responses. Theactual responses were fitted with the second order algebraic polynomial equation to select amodel (suggested model). The suggested model was validated by a few numbers of excellentstatistical evidences in analysis of variance (ANOVA). The used evidences include high Fvalue(143.12), very low P-value (
Electronic ISSN:
1752-153X
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology