This study introduces a newly isolated, genetically tractable bacterium ( Pseudogulbenkiania sp. strain MAI-1) and explores the extent to which its nitrate-dependent iron-oxidation activity is directly biologically catalyzed. Specifically, we focused on the role of iron chelating ligands in promoting chemical oxidation of Fe(II) by nitrite under anoxic conditions. Strong organic ligands such as...

Experimental profiles of stable species mole fractions are reported for ethanol oxidation in a Variable Pressure Flow Reactor (VPFR) at initial temperatures of 800-950K and constant pressures of 3 to 12atm. A detailed mechanism for ethanol combustion is developed in a hierarchical manner, and at each level, the newly added portions of the mechanism are tested by thorough comparison of model pre...

To be regarded as environmentally friendly and economical, an industrial process using 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl (TEMPO) oxidation requires recycling and/or recovery of chemicals. In this work, hypochlorite recycling via electrolysis was evaluated and potential means for TEMPO recovery were explored. The most important variable affecting electrochemical hypochlorite conversion was th...

chemical oxidation is one of the most suitable treatment methods for reducing organic pollutants and the number of pathogens remaining in secondary effluents. ozone is the most powerful oxidizing agent commonly used because of it's many advantages over chlorination. in this study the efficiency of ozonation in advanced wastewater treatment of sahebgharanieh plant has been determined. ozone gene...

sponge iron (dri) due to the high surface area, often shows a high tendency to re-oxidation and at some cases spontaneous combustion (autoignition). in this work, re-oxidation behavior and autoignition of sponge iron, produced from different types of iron ore has been investigated. isothermal and non-isothermal re-oxidation experiments were carried out on each type of dri and their autoignition...

II The last reaction investigated in this work was the oxidation of isopropanol. In this case a model was proposed based on three main reactions: Electrochemical IrO2 oxidation to IrO3, chemical oxidation of isopropanol via IrO3, and chemical decomposition of IrO3 to IrO2. The effectiveness factor, for the electrochemical reaction seemed not to correlate with the loading, whereas for the chemic...

Kinetics and stoichiometry of aerobic chemical and biological sulfide oxidation in wastewater from sewer networks were studied. In this respect, the effects of temperature and pH were investigated in the ranges 10 to 20 degrees C and 5 to 9, respectively. The temperature dependency of sulfide oxidation kinetics was described using an Arrhenius relationship. The effect of pH on the rate of chemi...