Catalytic wet oxidation of ferulic acid
by Harit Jani, Suresh K. Bhargava, James Tardio, Deepak B. Akolekar, Manh Hoang
International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management (IJETM), Vol. 9, No. 1, 2008

Abstract: Catalytic Wet Oxidation (CWO) of aqueous ferulic acid (a lignin model compound) was carried out under mild conditions (100–150°C, ~300 kPa P_O2). Significant removal of ferulic acid (in terms of Total Organic Carbon (TOC)) (81% at 100°C and 95% at 150°C after 2 hr) was obtained using a CuNiCe/Al₂O₃ catalyst. A considerable portion of this TOC was removed during the heat-up period prior to oxygen addition (40% at 100°C and 62% at 150°C). This was most likely due to oxidation of organics by the catalysts' lattice oxygen, catalytic decarboxylation or adsorption. No TOC removal occurred in the absence of the catalyst during the heat-up period at 150°C. The catalytic mechanism in the presence of oxygen was also investigated using various techniques (FTIR, GC-MS and Electrospray-MS). Based on the data obtained an adsorption/desorption/oxidation mechanism is proposed.

Online publication date: Sun, 20-Apr-2008

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