Intensification of a solar photo-Fenton reaction at near neutral pH with ferrioxalate complexes: A case study on diclofenac removal from aqueous solutions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 256, Issue , 2014, Pages 448-457

  Souza, Bianca M ^a,b   Dezotti, Marcia W C ^b   Boaventura, Rui A R ^a   Vilar, Vítor J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diclofenac; Ferrioxalate complexes; Lab and pilot scale photoreactors; Solar photo Fenton

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; IRON; LABORATORIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH; PILOT PLANTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUTIONS; SUN;

AMMONIUM AND NITRITE IONS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DICLOFENAC; FERRIOXALATE; LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT CARBOXYLIC ACID; PHOTO-FENTON REACTIONS; PHOTOREACTORS; SOLAR PHOTO-FENTON;

MINERALOGY;

EID: 84905265587     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.06.111     Document Type: Article

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