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Title: Thermal effect of carboxylic acids in the degradation by photo-Fenton of high concentrations of ethylene glycol
Authors: Araña Mesa, Francisco Javier 
Ortega Méndez, José Alejandro 
Herrera Melián, José Alberto 
Doña Rodríguez, José Miguel 
González Díaz, Oscar Manuel 
Pérez Peña, Jesús 
UNESCO Clasification: 2391 Química ambiental
Keywords: Fenton
Photo-Fenton
Temperature
Complexes
Carboxylic acid, et al
Issue Date: 2012
Journal: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 
Abstract: The degradation by Fenton and photo-Fenton of high concentrations of ethylene glycol (1000–25,000 mg/L), similar to those found in wastewater has been studied. Strongly exothermic reactions led to temperature increments up to 70–94 °C. In most experiments, temperature increments favored radical formation that provided almost complete mineralization. Oxalic, formic and acetic acids were identified as degradation intermediates. The obtained results indicate that the radicals formed in the degradation of formic and acetic acids with H2O2 were responsible for the exothermic reactions. Nonetheless, Fe–oxalic complexes inhibited the previous reactions by slowing down the process in such a way that complete mineralization did not occur until those complexes were degraded. FTIR studies allowed the identification of some of the complexes and species formed in the process.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/43750
ISSN: 0926-3373
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.11.025
Source: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental [ISSN 0926-3373], v. 113-114, p. 107-115
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