Effects of hydrogen peroxide concentration and ultraviolet light intensity on methyl tert-butyl ether degradation kinetics

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1641-1648

  Zang, Yujing ^a   Farhood, Ramin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation; Environment; Kinetics; MTBE; Photochemistry; Reaction engineering

Indexed keywords

ARC LAMPS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENON;

DEGRADATION KINETICS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; LIGHT INTENSITY; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER (MTBE);

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

KINETICS;

EID: 13444263245     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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