Oxidation of phenolics in supercritical water. Quarterly technical progress report, September 1, 1993--November 30, 1993
Oxidation reactions are accomplished in an isothermal, high-pressure, flow reactor designed specifically for operation at supercritical water conditions. The reactor feed stream is prepared by mixing two separate streams. One stream is an aqueous solution of the phenolic reactant and the second stream is water with dissolved oxygen. Controlling the flow rates of these two streams allows us to control the reactor residence time and the relative amounts of the phenol and oxygen fed to the reactor. The reactor effluent is cooled and depressorized and then collected for analysis. The gaseous products are analyzed by gas chromatography (GC). The liquid-phase products are analyzed by GC, high-performance liquid chromatography, and GC-mass spectrometry. Our work to date has focused on the oxidation of cresols in SCW. We have explored the effects of temperature, pressure, and the concentrations of o-cresol, oxygen, and water. Table I gives these experimental conditions and the resulting ocresol conversions. We reported a portion of this data in our previous quarterly report. New information is given in the last three columns where we report the molar yields of phenol, CO{sub 2}, and CO. Molar yields were calculated as the molar flow rate of a given product divided by the initial molar flow rate of o-cresol and normalized by the stoichiometric coefficient. Earlier, we used the o-cresol conversion data to determine the parameters in a global reaction rate law for o-cresol disappearance.
- Research Organization:
- Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG22-92PC92536
- OSTI ID:
- 10133415
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PC/92536-T4; ON: DE94008326; BR: AA1525050
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: [1993]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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