title: On the degradability of printing and dyeing wastewater by wet air oxidation.
abstract: A modified first-order kinetics model was used to study the wet air oxidation of printing and dyeing wastewater. The model simulations are in good agreement with experimental data. The results indicate that a certain fraction of organic pollutants in the printing and dyeing wastewater could not be removed even at elevated temperature and prolonged reaction time. The ratio of degradable organic matter is found independent of temperature and can be improved by using a catalyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. kexhu@ust.hk
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Yue
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D004396:Coloring Agents; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007700:Kinetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011327:Printing; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007220:Industrial Waste