Decomposition of monochlorobipenyl isomers in supercritical water in the presence of methanol

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1536-1544

  Anitescu, Gheorghe ^a   Tavlarides, Lawrence L ^a   Munteanu, Valentin ^b  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

GC FID ECD TCD MSD; Global kinetics; Methanol; PCBs; Supercritical water oxidation thermolysis; Tubular flow reactor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DECOMPOSITION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

ARRHENIUS PARAMETERS; ISOTHERMAL PLUG-FLOW TUBULAR REACTOR; MONOCHLOROBIPHENYL (MCB) DECOMPOSITION;

ISOMERS;

ACETOPHENONE; BENZALDEHYDE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; METHANOL; MONOCHLOROBIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

DECOMPOSITION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; REACTOR; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARRHENIUS PARAMETER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; ISOMERISM; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; RING OPENING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 3042801721     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10154     Document Type: Article

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