Robert W. Peters, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, 1075 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-4440, M. P. Sharma, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, and Yusuf G. Adewuyi, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, 1601 East Market Street, 326 McNair Hall, Greensboro, NC 27411.
This paper addresses the process interactions from combining integrated processes (such as advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), biological operations, air stripping, etc.). AOPs considered include: Fenton's reagent, ultraviolet light, titanium dioxide, ozone (O3), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), sonication/acoustic cavitation, among others. A critical review of the technical literature has been performed, and the data has been analyzed in terms of the processes being additive, synergistic, or antagonistic. Predictions based on the individual unit operations are made and compared against the behavior of the combined unit operations. The data reported in this paper focus primarily on treatment of petroleum hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvents.