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Title:	The kinetics and mechanism of photo-oxidation of acrylonitrile and acetonitrile with hydrogen peroxide and ozone in wastewater
Author:	Yeh, Jung-Yuan
View Online:	njit-etd1990-056 ([ix], 57 pages ~ 1.4 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Environmental Science
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Huang, Ching-Rong (Committee chair) Trattner, Richard B. (Committee member) Cheng, Su Ling (Committee member)
Date:	1990-01
Keywords:	Acrylonitrile -- Oxidation Acetonitrile -- Oxidation Water -- Purification -- Ozonization Water -- Purification -- Ultraviolet treatment
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	The study presents three types of Advanced Oxidation Processes , Ozone with UV, Ozone with Hydrogen Peroxide in the presence of UV, Various Hydrogen peroxide dosages and PH levels in the presence of UV. A reaction kinetic model was proposed. The reaction rate constants and mass transfer coefficients are determined by a series of experiments and the use of the Rosenbrock Hillclimb Optimization Algorithm in conjuction with the Fourth-Order Runge - Kutta method on a digital computer. Experimental results indicated that the Hydrogen peroxide with UV at low PH level has been proven more effective for the treatment of acrylonitrile, acetoni-trile - containing wastewater, and Ozone with Hydrogen Peroxide in the presence of UV light has a significant accelerating effect on the rate of oxidation of acry-lonitrile, acetonitrile to enhance Ozone with UV process.