Haikui Zou

Ozonation of azo dye Acid Red 14 in a microporous tube-in-tube microchannel reactor: decolorization and mechanism.

The ozonation of synthetic wastewater containing azo dye Acid Red 14 (AR 14) was investigated in a high-throughput microporous tube-in-tube microchannel reactor. The effects of design and operating parameters such as micropore size, annular channel width, liquid volumetric flow rate, ozone-containing gas volumetric flow rate, initial pH of the solution and initial AR 14 concentration on decolorization efficiency and ozone utilization efficiency were studied with the aim to optimize the operation conditions. An increase of the ozone-containing gas or liquid flow rate could greatly intensify the gas-liquid mass transfer. Reducing the micropore size and the annular channel width led to a higher mass transfer rate and was beneficial to decolorization. Decolorization efficiency increased with an increasing ozone-containing gas volumetric flow rate, as well as a decreasing liquid volumetric flow rate and initial AR 14 concentration. The optimum initial pH for AR 14 ozonation was determined as 9.0. The degradation kinetics was observed to be a pseudo-first-order reaction with respect to AR 14 concentration. The difference between the decolorization and COD removal efficiency indicated that many intermediates existed in AR 14 ozonation. The formation of six organic intermediates during ozonation was detected by GC/MS, while the concentration of nitrate and sulfate ions was determined by ion chromatography. The possible degradation mechanism of AR 14 in aqueous solution was proposed.

Process Intensification of VOC Removal from High Viscous Media by Rotating Packed Bed

Abstract The removal of a volatile organic compound (VOC) from high viscous liquid was carried out in a rotating packed bed (RPB) in this study. The mixed liquid of syrup and acetone was used as simulated high viscous polymer solution with acetone as the volatile compound. The influence of the rotating speed of RPB, liquid viscosity, liquid flow rate, vacuum degree, and initial acetone content in the liquid on acetone removal efficiency was investigated. The experimental results indicated that the removal efficiency increased with increasing rotating speed and initial acetone content in the viscous liquid and decreased with increasing liquid viscosity and flow rate. It was also observed that acetone removal efficiency increased with an increasing vacuum degree and reached 58% at a vacuum degree of 0.1 MPa. By the comparison with a flash tank devolatilizer, it was found that acetone removal efficiency in RPB increased by about 67%.

Synthesis of Petroleum Sulfonate Surfactant by Different Sulfonating Agent with Application of HIGEE Technology

With the application of HIGEE process intensification technology, petroleum sulfonate surfactant used for enhanced oil recovery was synthesized from petroleum fraction of Shengli crude oil with three sulfonating agents, including diluted liquid sulfur trioxide, diluted gaseous sulfur trioxide and fuming sulfuric acid. For each sulfonating agent, different operation modes (liquid-liquid or gas-liquid reaction with semi-continuous or continuous operation) were applied. The effects of various experimental conditions, such as solvent/oil mass ratio, sulfonating agent/oil mass ratio, gas/liquid ratio, gas concentration, reaction temperature, rotating speed, circulation ratio, reaction time and aging time, on the content of active matter and unsulfonated oil were investigated. Under relatively optimal reaction conditions, the target product was prepared with high mass content of active matter (up to 45.3%) and extremely low oil/water interfacial tension (4.5×10−3 mN·m−1). The product quality and process efficiency are higher compared with traditional sulfonation technology.

A Mass Transfer Model for Devolatilization of Highly Viscous Media in Rotating Packed Bed

Abstract A mass transfer model for devolatilization process of highly viscous media in rotating packed bed (RPB) was developed based on penetration theory and mass conservation. Before establishing the model, some mass transfer experiments of thin film were conducted in a designed diffusion cell including vacuum and feeding system. In this study, acetone was used as the volatile organic compound (VOC) and syrup as the highly viscous media. The thickness of thin film was changed by using different liquid distributor. It was found that bubbling played an important role in the devolatilization. The correlation of diffusion coefficient of acetone in highly viscous dilute solution was proposed. The relative error between predicted and experimental data was within the range of ±30% for diffusion coefficient of acetone in syrup. A comparison of experimental data of RPB with model indicated that the relative error was within ±30% for efficiency of acetone removal.

The Advanced Oxidation Process of Phenol Solution by O3/H2O2 in a Rotating Packed Bed

This article presents experimental investigation on the oxidative treatment of phenol in water by O3/H2O2 in a rotating packed bed (RPB). It was found that the phenol degradation ratio increased with increasing rotation speed, initial pH value of phenol solution, and temperature. The degradation ratio of phenol had a peak value with increasing H2O2 concentration. The optimum operating conditions in this study were determined as an H2O2 concentration of 6.5 mM and a rotation speed of 1200 rpm. Phenol degradation ratio reached 100% at an initial phenol concentration of 40 mg/L in the O3/H2O2 process.