Microwave-assisted catalytic wet peroxide oxidation. Comparison of Fe catalysts supported on activated carbon and Γ-alumina

This paper studies the role of the catalytic support on microwave-assisted catalytic wet peroxide oxidation (MW-CWPO) with Fe as active phase. Experiments were carried out with and without MW using catalysts of Fe on activated carbon (Fe/AC) and gamma alumina (Fe/γ-Al2O3). Phenol (100 mg·L−1) was us...

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Autores: Garcia-Costa, Alicia L., Zazo Martínez, Juan Antonio, Rodríguez Jiménez, Juan José, Casas de Pedro, José Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/717807
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/717807
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.06.058
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CWPO
Fe/AC
Fe/γ-Al2O3
hot spot
microwave
Química
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Sumario:This paper studies the role of the catalytic support on microwave-assisted catalytic wet peroxide oxidation (MW-CWPO) with Fe as active phase. Experiments were carried out with and without MW using catalysts of Fe on activated carbon (Fe/AC) and gamma alumina (Fe/γ-Al2O3). Phenol (100 mg·L−1) was used as target pollutant, operating at pH 3, 120 °C, 100 mg·L−1 catalyst concentration and the theoretical stoichiometric amount of H2O2 (500 mg·L−1). MW radiation promotes hot spot formation on the surface of AC, enhancing HOX[rad] generation, so that the rate of mineralization is significantly increased with respect to non-assisted CWPO. Under these conditions, phenol oxidation proceeded essentially through direct aromatic ring breakdown, yielding carboxylic acids, while the formation of the highly toxic intermediates hydroquinone and p-benzoquinone were barely detected. The Fe/AC catalyst showed a better performance than the Fe/γ-Al2O3 one, which can be explained by the much higher MW absorption on AC, which, in f