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Removal of High Concentration of Methyl tert-Butyl ether in Synthetic Wastewater by Employing High Frequency Ultrasound Waves

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2016.20000
Mohammed Matouq
Al-Balqa Applied University, Chemical Engineering Department, P.O. Box 4486, Amman 11131, Jordan
Omar Al-Ayed
Al-Balqa Applied University, Chemical Engineering Department, P.O. Box 4486, Amman 11131, Jordan
Tomohiko Tagawa
Department of Chemical Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
Nii Susumu
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8580, Japan

Corresponding Author(s) : Mohammed Matouq

matouq3@yahoo.com

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 28 No. 11 (2016): Vol 28 Issue 11

Abstract

In this study, the proposed ultrasound technique at high frequency of 2.4 MHz for removal of methyl tert-butyl ether has been investigated. The ultrasonic removal mechanism of methyl tert-butyl ether in aqueous solution is complex because of the competition between hydroxyl radical attack, pyrolysis and hydrolysis reactions. An investigation of removal of methyl tert-butyl ether using sonolysis has performed here with a kinetics models study. Chemical destruction by sonolysis is rationalized using hydroxyl radical chemistry, in which methyl tert-butyl ether transfers into the cavitating bubbles and decomposed. The kinetics study indicates that the removal of methyl tert-butyl ether at different initial concentration namely (2000, 1000 and 500 ppm) is the best fitted with first order kinetic model with a reaction rate constant of 0.034 min-1. The removal of methyl tert-butyl ether investigated at different reactant volumes inside the ultrasound reactor found that the lower volume of reactant is preferable on higher volume. The results of removal of methyl tert-butyl ether show that more than 85 % has obtained, at only 50 min of exposing to ultrasound irradiation even with high initial concentrations.

Keywords

Ultrasound Degradation Methyl tert-butyl ether Wastewater treatment
Matouq, M., Al-Ayed, O., Tagawa, T., & Susumu, N. (2016). Removal of High Concentration of Methyl tert-Butyl ether in Synthetic Wastewater by Employing High Frequency Ultrasound Waves. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 28(11), 2431–2434. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2016.20000
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