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Environ Technol ; 35(1-4): 171-6, 2014.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24600854

ABSTRACT

Lignin is the mass waste product of pulp and paper industry mostly incinerated for energy recovery. Lignin is, however, a substantial source of raw material for derivatives currently produced in costly wet oxidation processes. The pulsed corona discharge (PCD) for the first time was applied to lignin oxidation aiming a cost-effective environmentally friendly lignin removal and transformation to aldehydes. The experimental research into treatment of coniferous kraft lignin aqueous solutions was undertaken to establish the dependence of lignin oxidation and aldehyde formation on the discharge parameters, initial concentration of lignin and gas phase composition. The rate and the energy efficiency of lignin oxidation increased with increasing oxygen concentration reaching up to 82 g kW-1 h-1 in 89% vol. oxygen. Oxidation energy efficiency in PCD treatment exceeds the one for conventional ozonation by the factor of two under the experimental conditions. Oxidation at low oxygen concentrations showed a tendency of the increasing aldehydes and glyoxylic acid formation yield.


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Aldehydes/chemical synthesis , Aldehydes/radiation effects , Electromagnetic Fields , Lignin/chemistry , Lignin/radiation effects , Oxygen/chemistry , Water/chemistry , Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation , Oxidation-Reduction/radiation effects , Radiation Dosage
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Environ Technol ; 34(5-8): 923-30, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23837343

ABSTRACT

Oxidation of aromatic compounds of phenolic (paracetamol, beta-oestradiol and salicylic acid) and carboxylic (indomethacin and ibuprofen) structure used in pharmaceutics was studied. Aqueous solutions were treated with pulsed corona discharge (PCD) as a means for advanced oxidation. Pulse repetition frequency, delivered energy dose and oxidation media were the main parameters studied for their influence on the process energy efficiency. The PCD treatment appeared to be effective in oxidation of the target compounds: complete degradation of pollutant together with partial mineralization was achieved at moderate energy consumption; oxidation proceeds faster in alkaline media. Low-molecular carboxylic acids were identified as ultimate oxidation by-products formed in the reaction.


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Electrochemistry/instrumentation , Pharmaceutical Preparations/chemistry , Pharmaceutical Preparations/radiation effects , Water Pollutants, Chemical/chemistry , Water Pollutants, Chemical/isolation & purification , Water Purification/instrumentation , Electromagnetic Fields , Equipment Design , Equipment Failure Analysis , Oxidation-Reduction/radiation effects , Ozone/chemistry , Water Pollutants, Chemical/radiation effects
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