title: Decomposition of acetone by hydrogen peroxide/ozone process in a rotating packed contactor.
abstract: The direct use of ozone (O3) in water and wastewater treatment processes is found to be inefficient, incomplete, and limited by the ozone transfer between the gas-liquid interface because of its low solubility and instability in aqueous solutions. Therefore, rotating packed contactors were introduced to improve the transfer of ozone from the gaseous phase to the solution phase, and the effect of several reaction parameters were investigated on the temporal variations of acetone concentration in aqueous solution. The decomposition rate constant of acetone was enhanced by increasing the rotor speed from 450 to 1800 rpm. Increasing the hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)/O3 molar ratios accelerated the decomposition rate until a certain optimum H2O2/O3 molar ratio was reached; further addition of H2O2 inhibited the decomposition of acetone, possibly because excessive amounts of H2O2 added might serve as a scavenger to deplete hydroxyl free radicals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan. ku508@mail.ntust.edu.tw
authors.forename: Young
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ku
authors.forename: Yun-Jen
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hua-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wei-Ming
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000096:Acetone / Q000737:chemistry*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010126:Ozone / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014867:Water; D000096:Acetone; D010126:Ozone; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide