Ozone & Related Oxidants: Solutions for Emerging Pollutants of Concern to the Water and the Environment, Date: 2010/04/28 - 2010/04/30, Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Publication date:
2010-04-01
Publisher:
European African Asian Australasian Group; Poitiers
Proceedings of the international conference ozone & related oxidants: solutions for emerging pollutants of concern to the water and the environment (on USB)
Author:
Van de Moortel, Wim
Van Eyck, Kwinten ; Liers, Sven ; Degrève, Jan ; Luyten, Jan ; Do-Quang, Zdravka
Abstract:
Aromatic compounds, such as phenol, are widely used in various industries and can cause serial environmental damage when present in natural waters. As several intermediates are formed during the mineralisation pathway of phenol, the reactor design may influence the product distribution. This study aims to examine the sensitivity of the phenol degradation products upon varying the reactor configuration. The two reactor configurations examined are a 10 liter batch reactor and a 50 liter reactor with the UV lamp positioned in a recirculation circuit. Also the mutual interaction with an easily biodegradable compound, i.c. sodium acetate, is investigated. Key-words: Ozone, UV, phenol, sodium acetate, kinetics