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Title:
Degradation of benzene, toluene ethylbenzene and p-xylene (BTEX) in aqueous solutions using UV/H2O2 system
Authors: Abdel Hakim AM Daifullah1∗ and Mohamed Mokhtar Mohamed2
Year: 2004
Keywords: Not Available
Journal: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
Volume: 79:468–474
Issue: 79
Pages: Society of Chemical Industry
Publisher: Not Available
Local/International: International
Paper Link: Not Available
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Abstract:

The homogeneous degradation of benzene (B), toluene (T), ethylbenzene (E) and p-xylene (X) (BTEX) was studied in aqueous solutions, at pH 3.0, of hydrogen peroxide (5.8mM) under UV irradiation in a photoreactor equipped with a 300nm lamp of light intensity 3.5 × 10−5 Ein L−1 min−1. BTEX was substantially degraded by the H2O2/UV system, with >90% disappearing in 10min of irradiation. The decomposition of BTEX was studied either as single or as multi-component systems. The effects of irradiation time, amounts of H2O2 in molar ratios, rate of degradation and competition between components were thoroughly examined. It can be stated that the rate of BTEX degradation in mixture was higher than those for the individual components due to external effects of the absorption of UV light by the mixture, and their effects on enhancing the formation of OH• radicals. The appropriate figure of merit, the electrical energy per mass (EE/M), was estimated at various molar ratios and it was confirmed that the best value was the one depicted for p-xylene (0.065kWhkg−1). A theoretical model for the degradation pathway was proposed.

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