Oxidative degradation of alternative gasoline oxygenates in aqueous solution by ultrasonic irradiation: Mechanistic study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 430, Issue , 2012, Pages 246-259

  Kim, Duk Kyung ^a   O'Shea, Kevin E ^b   Cooper, William J ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative gasoline oxygenates (ETBE, TAME, DIPE); Degradation mechanisms; Ultrasonic irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; BIOLOGICAL METHODS; CAVITATING BUBBLES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; ETHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; GASOLINE OXYGENATES; H-ABSTRACTION; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS; HYDROGEN ATOMS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; ORGANIC PEROXIDE; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRODUCT STUDIES; PYROLYTIC DEGRADATION; SONOLYSIS; ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION; ULTRASOUND CAVITATION;

ABSTRACTING; CAVITATION; ETHERS; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS;

DEGRADATION;

1,5 HYDROGEN; ALPHA HYDROGEN; BETA HYDROGEN; DIISOPROPYL ETHER; ETHER; ETHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; GASOLINE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PEROXIDE; TERT AMYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DEGRADATION; ETHER; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRASONICS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; OXIDATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION; ULTRASONIC RADIATION;

ETHERS; ETHYL ETHERS; GASOLINE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; METHYL ETHERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; SONICATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84862614287     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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