Abstract
Wet Air Oxidation is a process for oxidizing materials in a dilute aqueous matrix. The usual temperature range, 150° to 320°C, requires high pressure to maintain a liquid phase. It has been applied industrially to de-toxify dilute streams of organic (and oxidizable inorganic) materials in water. High destruction efficiencies (99+%) have been demonstrated on a wide range of materials. The oxidation proceeds in a series of steps however, and some small residual species are resistant to further oxidation, eg. acetic acid. The liquid product usually shows a substantial residual chemical oxygen demand as a result, eg 25% or more of the original. A bio-treatment is usually provided for final clean-up.
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May, W.G. (1996). Wet Air Oxidation. In: Holm, F.W. (eds) Scientific Advances in Alternative Demilitarization Technologies. NATO ASI Series, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1683-8_10
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