Sonophotocatalytic degradation of dinitrotoluenes and trinitrotoluene in industrial wastewater

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 944-951

  Chen, Wen Shing ^a   Huang, Shu Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Trinitrotoluene; Dinitrotoluene; Titanium dioxide; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

1 ,3-DINITROBENZENE; 2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; BATCH-WISE; CAVITATION BUBBLE; DINITROTOLUENES; DIRECT TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; NITROTOLUENE; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OXIDATION PATHWAY; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; REACTION PATHWAYS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SONOPHOTOCATALYSIS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TIO; ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION; ULTRASONIC POWER;

CAVITATION; DEGRADATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PYROLYSIS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84860390485     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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