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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Photoenergy Volume 2012, Article ID 303586, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2012/303586 Research Article Solar Photocatalytic Degradation of Azo Dye in Aqueous TiO2 Suspension Assisted by Fresnel Lens Wen-Shiuh Kuo and Wen-Yu Chen Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, National United University, Miaoi 360, Taiwan Correspondence should be addressed to Wen-Shiuh Kuo, wsk@.tw Received 29 May 2012; Accepted 24 August 2012 Academic Editor: Meenakshisundaram Swaminathan Copyright © 2012 W.-S. Kuo and W.-Y. Chen. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Solar TiO2 photocatalytic process assisted by a Fresnel lens was investigated for treating an azo dye wastewater of Acid Orange 10 (AO10). Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to assess the effect of critical process parameters (including initial pH of wastewater, concentration of TiO2 , and reaction time) on treatment performance in terms of COD and TOC degradation efficiency. Optimized reaction conditions based on the analysis of RSM were established under an initial pH of 6.0, a concentration of TiO2 of 1 g/L, and a reaction time of 2 h for reaching a 90% COD and TOC degradation of AO10 wastewater. With the assistance of Fresnel lens, the TOC degradation rate of AO10 wastewater increased significantly from 0.606 h−1 and 0.289 h−1 to 1.477 h−1 −1 2 and 0.866 h in summer (June) season (UV280–400 nm nm: 39.9–44.8 W/m ) and winter (December) season (UV280–400 nm nm: 23.9– 26.9 W/m2 ), respecti