Supercritical water oxidation of 2-chlorophenol effected by Li+ and CuO/zeolites

Kuen Song Lin, H. Paul Wang, Y. W. Yang

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Abstract

Catalytic oxidation of 2-chlorophenol (2CP) in supercritical water was investigated. Experimentally, conversion of 2CP in supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) process is effectively enhanced in the presence of Li+ that also reduces the formation of higher chlorinated phenols and PAHs. The global reaction rate of SCWO of 2CP in the presence of Li+ is expressed as: 92.5 exp (-10.5/RT)[2CP]0.95[O2]0.56[H2O]0.45. The undesired by-products in the SCWO of 2CP are also extensively reduced in the channels of zeolite catalysts. By EXAFS spectroscopy, Cu-O and Cu-Cu are identified as the main oxidation active species in the zeolite channels. Cl-bonded CuO species in zeolite Y are not observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1385-1396
Number of pages12
JournalChemosphere
Volume39
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1999 Oct

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry

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