Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) degradation by ferrous ion-activated persulfate oxidation: Feasibility and kinetics studies

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 687-694

  Chen, K F ^a   Kao, C M ^b   Wu, L C ^c   Surampalli, R Y ^d   Liang, S H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CPC CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fenton's reaction; Ferrous ion; In situ chemical oxidation (ISCO); Methyl tert butyl ether (MTBE); Persulfate

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BYPRODUCTS; DEGRADATION; ETHERS; FREE RADICALS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IONS; IRON;

FENTON'S REACTION; FERROUS ION; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; PERSULFATE; SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION (ISCO);

OXIDATION;

ETHER DERIVATIVE; FERROUS ION; FREE RADICAL; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYLTERTBUTYL ETHER; PEROXYDISULFATE POTASSIUM; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ION; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL FORMATE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TERT-BUTYL FORMATE;

DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; MTBE; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION KINETICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; KINETICS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FORMATES; IONS; KINETICS; METHYL ETHERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 73349086878     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X370539     Document Type: Article

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