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Kinetics Study on Heterogeneous Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation of Phenol using Copper/Activated Carbon Catalyst (2005)

Wu, Qiang ; Hu, Xijun ; Yue, Po Lock

Berkeley, Calif. : Berkeley Electronic Press (now: De Gruyter)

International journal of chemical reactor engineering 3.2005, 1, A29

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ISSN: 1542-6580

Source: Berkeley Electronic Press Academic Journals

Topics: Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology

Notes: Heterogeneous kinetics of catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) of phenol was studied using copper supported on activated carbon as the catalyst and oxygen as the oxidant. Both mass transfer effect and deactivation of catalyst can affect the kinetics measurement. To eliminate the mass transfer barriers, the study was conducted in a stirred tank batch reactor using catalysts of very small particle size. In order to prevent the catalyst deactivation caused by copper leaching from the support, saturated pH buffer solution was added into the reaction system and the initial phenol and catalyst concentrations were reduced. A mathematic model was proposed following the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism to simulate the reaction kinetics. It is believed through simulation that the dissolved oxygen is adsorbed by the catalyst in molecular form which subsequently starts to degrade phenol on the catalyst surface. Both reaction rate constant and activation energy were determined for a temperature range of 140 - 160 oC and an oxygen partial pressure range of 0.4 - 1.6 MPa. The proposed mechanism and kinetic model were found to be in good agreement with experimental results.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://www.bepress.com/ijcre/vol3/A29

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Radiative transfer in photocatalytic systems (1996)

Pasquali, Matteo ; Santarelli, Francesco ; Porter, John F. ; [et al.]

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell

AIChE Journal 42 (1996), S. 532-537

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ISSN: 0001-1541

Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering

Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000

Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology

Notes: Radiation absorption at the surface of catalytic particles is the initial step of photocatalytic oxidation reactions currently considered for their potential effectiveness in the treatment of polluted water with traces of highly toxic organics. Owing to the presence of catalyst particles within the fluid phase, the radiation field within a photocatalytic reactor results from the absorption and scattering within the participating medium. An annular reactor with a coaxial central lamp was considered, and the resulting 2-D radiation field was analyzed using a Monte Carlo technique to solve the radiative transfer equation. Results are discussed based on the relevant optical parameters, and a heuristic is derived for the design and rating of a photocatalytic reactor. To exploit the reaction volume effectively, the order of magnitude of the optical thickness should be close to unity, and for a given value of the absorption coefficient the catalyst with the lowest albedo should be selected; however, a precise evaluation of the phase function is not crucial to a relable representation of the radiation field.

Additional Material: 5 Ill.