Low Temperature Catlytic Wet Oxidation of Organics from Strippped Sour Water [ 2002-11-01 - 2005-10-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Deepak Akolekar (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof Suresh Bhargava (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Stephen Grocott (Partner Investigator)

Brief description Low Temperature Catlytic Wet Oxidation of Organics from Strippped Sour Water. The commercialisation of a ~$3billion Australian oil shale industry heavily depends upon environmental sustainability of its technology. One key environmental issue of this technology is a need to remove organics from an aqueous industrial stream (stripped sour water). This proposal aims to develop a method based on catalytic wet oxidation for removing organics from stripped sour water. Research will be focused to develop and study potential catalytic systems to lower the activation energy of the rate-determining step and to increase the rate of organics oxidation. The development of such a method would be a substantial technology achievement with many applications in pollution control for wastewater treatment in many other industries.

Funding Amount $150,000

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