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Corona method and apparatus for altering carbon containing compounds

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OSTI ID:872644
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  1. Richland, WA
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The present invention is a method and apparatus for altering a carbon containing compound in an aqueous mixture. According to a first aspect of the present invention, it has been discovered that for an aqueous mixture having a carbon containing compound with an ozone reaction rate less than the ozone reaction rate of pentachlorophenol, use of corona discharge in a low or non-oxidizing atmosphere increases the rate of destruction of the carbon containing compound compared to corona discharge an oxidizing atmosphere. For an aqueous mixture containing pentachlorphenol, there was essentially no difference in destruction between atmospheres. According to a second aspect of the present invention, it has been further discovered that an aqueous mixture having a carbon containing compound in the presence of a catalyst and oxygen resulted in an increased destruction rate of the carbon containing compound compared to no catalyst.
Research Organization:
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5980701
OSTI ID:
872644
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Electrochemical Processes in Glow Discharge at the Gas-Solution Interface book January 1971
Glow-discharge electrolysis. Part II. The anodic oxidation of ferrous sulphate journal January 1954
686. Glow-discharge electrolysis. Part I. The anodic formation of hydrogen peroxide in inert electrolytes journal January 1952
Rate constants of reactions of ozone with organic and inorganic compounds in water—II journal January 1983

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