This Catalysis Science & Technology Hot article presents a comprehensive review of the recent literature on deactivation of heterogenous wet air oxidation catalysts. Jacques Barbier Jr and colleagues from University of Poitiers and CNRS, look at the mechanisms by which this happens and consider some of ways and means of regenerating the catalysts.
Wet air oxidation catalysts are used in the treatment of various wastes from industry, including those formed in paper, textile, food and chemical production and effluents like sewage sludge. Wet air oxidation involves using pressurised oxygen to degrade pollutants in water, and using a catalyst makes this process more efficient, but as with most catalysts, deactivation can be a problem.
Read the full review to find out more about wet air oxidation catalysts and their regeneration…
Deactivation and regeneration of wet air oxidation catalysts
Sylvain Keav, Jacques Barbier and Daniel Duprez
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CY00085J, Perspective
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