文摘
Organic waste streams must be handled in an environmentally benignmanner. We present analternative to incineration for such waste streams. The processinvolves the dissolution of theorganic byproducts into supercritical carbon dioxide and the subsequentoxidation of thesecompounds by ozone and hydrogen peroxide. The feasibility of theprocess is examined throughnumerical calculations on a surrogate organic species,CH3CHO. A parametric matrix of theoptimal conditions that allow for complete destruction of acetaldehyde(into CO2 and H2O) andthe reaction pathways are evaluated. The oxidation process isexothermic, with as little as 2%acetaldehyde and 4% ozone (in a bath containing 94% supercriticalCO2) reacting to produce analmost 600 K rise in temperature. The calculations indicate thatthe use of nonideal equationsof state provides results that are negligibly different from thoseobtained using the ideal gasrelationship.