Kinetics of heat-assisted persulfate oxidation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE)

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作者
Huang, KC [1 ]
Couttenye, RA [1 ]
Hoag, GE [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Connecticut, Environm Res Inst, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
关键词
MTBE; methyl tert-butyl ether; TBF; TBA; persulfate; oxidation; kinetics;
D O I
10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00330-2
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The kinetics of heat-assisted persulfate oxidation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in aqueous solutions at various pH, temperature, oxidant concentration and ionic strength levels was studied. The MTBE degradation was found to follow a pseudo-first-order decay model, The pseudo-first-order rate constants of MTBE degradation by persulfate (31.5 mM) at pH 7.0 and ionic strength 0.11 M are similar to0.13 x 10(-4), 0.48 x 10(-4), 2.4 x 10(-4) and 5.8 x 10(-4) s(-1) at 20, 30, 40 and 50 degreesC, respectively. Under the above reaction conditions, the reaction has an activation energy of 24.5 +/- 1.6 kcal/ mol and is influenced by temperature, oxidant concentration, pH and ionic strength. Raising the reaction temperature and persulfate concentration may significantly accelerate the MTBE degradation. However, increasing both pH (over the range of 2.5-11) and ionic strength (over the range of 0.11-0.53 M) will decrease the reaction rate. Reaction intermediates including tert-butyl formate, tert-butyl alcohol, acetone and methyl acetate were observed. These intermediate compounds were also degraded by persulfate under the experimental conditions. Additionally, MTBE degradation by persulfate in a groundwater was much slower than in phosphate-buffer solutions, most likely due to the presence of bicarbonate ions (radical scavengers) in the groundwater. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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