Hua, Inez and Hoffmann, Michael R. (1997) Optimization of Ultrasonic Irradiation as an Advanced Oxidation Technology. Environmental Science and Technology, 31 (8). pp. 2237-2243. ISSN 0013-936X. doi:10.1021/es960717f. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150814-081851553
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Abstract
The optimization of ultrasonic irradiation as an advanced oxidation technology can be achieved by adjusting the ultrasonic frequency and saturating gas during sonolysis. The sonolytic production of hydrogen peroxide (H_2O_2) and hydroxyl radical (•OH) has been investigated at the ultrasonic frequencies of 20, 40, 80, and 500 kHz, respectively, in the presence of four different saturating gases (i.e., Kr, Ar, He, O_2) at each frequency. H_2O_2 was measured with a KI dosimeter, and the formation of •OH was monitored by trapping with terephthalic acid. Both the applied frequency and the physicochemical properties of the saturating gases influ ence the sonochemical rates of production of •OH and H_2O_2. At 20 kHz, the rate contants for the production of H_2O_2 vary over an order of magnitude as a function of the nature of the dissolved gas (0.0508 and 1.31 μM min^(-1)). Similar trends are observed for the production of •OH at the same frequencies and under an identical set of saturating gases. The highest rates of production of H_2O_2 (pH 7, 2.94 μM min^(-1)) and •OH (pH 11, 0.391 μM min^(-1)) are observed during sonolysis of Kr-saturated solutions at 500 kHz. Sonolysis of He-saturated solutions at 20 kHz results in the lowest rates of production of H_2O_2 (0.0508 μM min^(-1)) and •OH (0.0310 μM min^(-1)). Decreasing differences among the saturating gases at higher frequencies are attributed to changes in bubble dynamics and thermodynamics as the resonant bubble radius decreases from 177 μm at 20 kHz to 7 μm at 500 kHz.
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| Additional Information: | © 1997 American Chemical Society. Received for review August 19, 1996. Revised manuscript received March 24, 1997. Accepted March 31, 1997. The authors are grateful to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI contract RP8003-36) and to the Department of Defenses Advanced Research Project Agency's University Research Initiative (ARPA Grant NAV5HFMNN0101492J1901) for their generous financial support. | |||||||||
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| Issue or Number: | 8 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1021/es960717f | |||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20150814-081851553 | |||||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150814-081851553 | |||||||||
| Official Citation: | Optimization of Ultrasonic Irradiation as an Advanced Oxidation Technology Inez Hua and Michael R. Hoffmann Environmental Science & Technology 1997 31 (8), 2237-2243 DOI: 10.1021/es960717f | |||||||||
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| ID Code: | 59518 | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 14 Aug 2015 16:47 | |||||||||
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