M. Krajnc et J. Levec, CATALYTIC-OXIDATION OF TOXIC ORGANICS IN SUPERCRITICAL WATER, Applied catalysis. B, Environmental, 3(2-3), 1994, pp. 120000101-120000107
Oxidation of some toxic organic compounds in supercritical water is in
vestigated in the presence of a solid catalyst in an isothermal plug f
low fixed-bed reactor. Comparison between catalyzed and noncatalyzed o
xidations indicates that the conversions are much higher when the cata
lyst is present. It is also found that the heterogeneous oxidation rou
te forms less intermediate products during the decomposition of organi
cs such as benzoic acid and 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone in carbon dioxide.