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Oxidation of Propylene Oxide in Subcritical and Supercritical Water

Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 3:45 PM
303-B (Pennsylvania Convention Center)

Teresa Moreno Rueda, Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Juan García-Serna, Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
María José Cocero Alonso, Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

The production of propylene oxide generates waste water containing mainly methanol, propylene oxide, glycols and methoxy-propanols. This paper studies the degradation pathway of these effluents when treated by oxidation under subcritical and supercritical conditions using hydrogen peroxide.
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See more of this Session: Advanced Oxidation Processes In Environmental Applications
See more of this Group/Topical: Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division