<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/10013069" mdate="2023-05-02 00:00:00"> <author>Hamed Bazrafshan and Saeideh Dabirnia and Zahra Alipour Tesieh and Samaneh Alavi and Bahram Dabir</author> <title>Photocatalytic Degradation of Produced Water Hydrocarbon of an Oil Field by Using AgDoped TiO2 Nanoparticles</title> <pages>75 - 79</pages> <year>2023</year> <volume>17</volume> <number>5</number> <journal>International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10013069</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/197</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>In this study, the removal of pollutants of a real produced water sample from an oil reservoir (a light oil reservoir), using a photocatalytic degradation process in a cylindrical glass reactor, was investigated. Using TiO2 and AgTiO2 in slurry form, the photocatalytic degradation was studied by measuring the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) parameter, qualitative analysis, and GCMS. At first, optimization of the parameters on photocatalytic degradation of hydrocarbon pollutants in real produced water, using TiO2 nanoparticles as photocatalysts under UV light, was carried out applying response surface methodology. The results of the design of the experiment showed that the optimum conditions were at a catalyst concentration of 1.14 glit and pH of 2.67, and the percentage of COD removal was 72.65. </abstract> <index>Open Science Index 197, 2023</index> </article>