"Oxidation of toluene, benzene and p-xylene in a photoreactor" by Shiey-Shiun Horng

Document Type

Thesis

Date of Award

8-31-1988

Degree Name

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)

Department

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science

First Advisor

Ching-Rong Huang

Second Advisor

George Y. Lei

Third Advisor

Chen-Chong Lin

Abstract

A new photoreactor was designed with stainless steel to oxidize refractory chemicals found on the EPA priority list. This new system was investigated by conducting experiments with three three model compounds, namely, toluene benzene and p-xylene. While toluene and benzene reactions are similar, they are faster with UV/ozone than UV/H2O2 and p-xylene reacts even faster with UV/ozone than UV/H2O2. The experimental data obtained were analyzed by GC and used to interpret the reaction kinetics from proposed models. The rate constants and mass transfer coefficients were found by using the Rosenbsrock Hillclimb optimization algorithm. Using these results gave the best fit to the experimental data.

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