Disposal of chlorinated hydrocarbons is a major environmental concern
due to the lack of a satisfactory means of safe remediation at all contaminated
locations. Current technologies rely primarily on incineration, a process that
can lead to dangerous byproducts such as dioxin. If the chlorine substituent
can be removed prior to incineration, or other disposal method, the subsequent
steps of disposal pose less of an environmentally risk. The catalyst developed
in this study is designed to promote the dechlorination reaction.
A methodology for the production of a palladium based metal support
catalyst is presented. This technique allows the palladium catalyst to be
deposited on a copper metal surface. The catalyst is active in the
dechlorination of p-chlorophenol, which is used as model molecule
representing a range of chlorinated phenolic compounds. Hydrogen is used in
the concert with catalyst to affect the dechlorination. Chemical process rates of
0.3-1.0 cm³/g*s are observed. / Graduation date: 2001
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/28847 |
| Date | 01 August 2000 |
| Creators | Moore, Kelley A. |
| Contributors | Jovanovic, Goran N. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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