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Wet air oxidation
Oxidation reaction
Oxidizing power of common oxidizing
agents
Flow sheet of typical wet air oxidation
system
Process kinetics
Catalysts
Catalyst recovery
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Advantages & limitations
RAW MATERIALS
GASEOUS WASTE
CPI
PRODUCTS, By PRODUCTS,
INTELLECTUAL
SOLID WASTE
INPUTS
3. BULK MINERALIZATION
Incineration
Precipitation
Adsorption
Membrane
2. REACTIVE DESTRUCTION
Hydro treatment
4. POLISHING PROCESS
Photo Chemical
Fenton
Sonication
Ozonation
Process Preview
BIO-PROCESSES
Most Popular Processes Operating At Near Atmospheric Pressure
And
Ambient Temperature.
Example : Bio Gas Generation From Spent Wash Of A Distillery Unit
Limitations:
Slow Rates, Large Volume. Hence, More Floor Area Reqd.
Often Need Engineered Micro-organisms
Do Not Permit, Invariably, Shock Loads, Toxic Wastes
Needs Elaborate Polishing Treatment For Water Recycle
OPTIONS AVAILABLE
INCINERATION
WET AIR OXIDATION
INCINERATION LIMITATIONS :
High Operating Cost.
High Capital Investment.
Water Can Not Be Recycled Unless Treated.
OXIDATION REACTION
FREE RADICAL MECHANISM
O2 + H2O
OH*
Hb
Nc
Pd
Xe
Sf
Og
H2O
C
N
H
P
X
S
O2
CO2
N2, NH3, NO3,
H2O
PO4
HX (halogen)
SO42O2
1.00
Cl2
1.06
ClO2
1.06
HOCl
1.24
H2O2
1.48
O3
1.68
2.50
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WET
Oxidation
Technology
is
centered
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STEAM
ENERGY RECOVERY
SYSTEM
OFFGAS
AIR COMPRESSOR
AIR
BFW
AIR
SATURATOR
WET OXIDATION
REACTOR
BFW
EFFLUENT
ENERGY RECOVERY
SYSTEM
TREATED
WATER
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In majority of cases, the second reaction step (k2) is the RATE LIMITING
STEP.
The kinetics is then given as
d(COD)
dt
m1;
k (COD)m (O2)n
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CATALYSTS
Wet air oxidation reactions can be catalyzed by
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Limitations
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REFERENCES
www.edufive.com/
www.sci.com/
www.howstuffworks.com/
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Thank you
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