Microbubbles intensification and mechanism of wet air oxidation process of MDEA-containing wastewater

Increasing Biodegradability of a Real Amine-Contaminated Spent Caustic Problematic Stream Through Wao and Cwao Oxidation Using a High Specific Surface Catalyst from Petcoke

“…The elimination of organic compounds identified in the wastewater can be practically total, with COD reductions of more than 70 % in most cases. The removal of MDEA in a real wastewater with higher concentration of the contaminant (in the range of g/L) has been studied in two previous works by a WAO process [26] and a catalytic process (known as catalytic wet air oxidation, CWAO) using a commercial activated carbon as catalyst [27]. In the case of CWAO, most works have been performed using synthetic wastewaters with phenols and derivatives as dominant model pollutants [28].…”