Issue 3, 2009

Dechlorination of chlorobenzene in subcritical water with Fe/ZrO2, Ni/ZrO2 and Cu/ZrO2

Abstract

To obtain information about dechlorination of organochlorine compounds in subcritical water catalyzed by metals assisted with ZrO2, dechlorination of chlorobenzene has been investigated in the presence of Fe/ZrO2, Ni/ZrO2 and Cu/ZrO2catalysts. The dechlorination efficiency was increased with increasing residence time, temperature and pressure. The order of effectiveness of the catalysts was Cu/ZrO2 < Ni/ZrO2 < Fe/ZrO2. The dechlorination of chlorobenze obeyed pseudo-first-order kinetics models. The rate constants in subcritical water were much greater than that in ambient-temperature water; the activation energies were obtained. ZrO2 in the catalyst had the power to absorb chlorobenzene onto the catalyst surface and promoted the dechlorination ability of the metal. The primary mechanism for dechlorinaton of chlorobenzene involved the reduction of chlorobenzene by reaction with nascent hydrogen. The nascent hydrogen reacted with the chlorobenzene, which adsorbed on the catalyst in non-planar and co-planar form, and formed benzene and chloride ions.

Graphical abstract: Dechlorination of chlorobenzene in subcritical water with Fe/ZrO2, Ni/ZrO2 and Cu/ZrO2

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Oct 2008
Accepted
11 Dec 2008
First published
16 Jan 2009

J. Environ. Monit., 2009,11, 678-683

Dechlorination of chlorobenzene in subcritical water with Fe/ZrO2, Ni/ZrO2 and Cu/ZrO2

G. Wei, C. Wei, F. He and C. Wu, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 678 DOI: 10.1039/B818092J

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