Current status of microwave application in wastewater treatment—a review

N Remya, JG Lin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2011 - Elsevier
Microwave (MW) irradiation has gained a great deal of attention owing to the molecular level
heating. However, the commercialization of MW technology for real-time wastewater (WW) …

Microwave material processing—a review

S Chandrasekaran, S Ramanathan, T Basak - AIChE Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Microwave heating is caused by the ability of the materials to absorb microwave energy and
convert it to heat. This article represents a review on fundamentals of microwave heating …

Investigation on the rapid degradation of congo red catalyzed by activated carbon powder under microwave irradiation

Z Zhang, Y Shan, J Wang, H Ling, S Zang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2007 - Elsevier
Azo dyestuff-congo red in aqueous solution can be degraded rapidly under microwave
irradiation in the presence of activated carbon powder. The results showed that the …

Electro-catalytic degradation of phenol on several metal-oxide anodes

Y Wang, B Gu, W Xu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
Three kinds of Ti-based multilayer metal-oxide electrode, including Ti/SnO2+ Sb2O3/PbO2,
Ti/SnO2+ Sb2O3/MnOx and Ti/SnO2+ Sb2O3/RuO2+ PbO2 electrodes, were prepared by …

Highly efficient degradation of phenol wastewater by microwave induced H2O2-CuOx/GAC catalytic oxidation process

Z Liu, H Meng, H Zhang, J Cao, K Zhou… - Separation and Purification …, 2018 - Elsevier
The catalyst of CuO x/granular activated carbon (GAC) was prepared and used as a
heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst for degradation of phenol in the microwave (MW) …

Investigation on the degradation of brilliant green induced oxidation by NiFe2O4 under microwave irradiation

L Zhang, X Liu, X Guo, M Su, T Xu, X Song - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2011 - Elsevier
NiFe2O4 powders as microwave catalyst were prepared by chemical precipitation method,
and characterized by XRD technologies. Their catalytic activities towards the degradation of …

Treatment of Reactive Black 5 by combined electrocoagulation–granular activated carbon adsorption–microwave regeneration process

SH Chang, KS Wang, HH Liang, HY Chen… - Journal of hazardous …, 2010 - Elsevier
Treatment of an azo dye, Reactive Black 5 (RB5) by combined electrocoagulation-activated
carbon adsorption–microwave regeneration process was evaluated. The toxicity was also …

Oxidative degradation of chlorophenol derivatives promoted by microwaves or power ultrasound: a mechanism investigation

G Cravotto, A Binello, S Di Carlo, L Orio, ZL Wu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2010 - Springer
Background, aim, and scope Phenols are the most common pollutants in industrial
wastewaters (particularly from oil refineries, resin manufacture, and coal processing). In the …

Microwave-induced Catalytic Oxidation of RhB by a Nanocomposite of Fe@Fe2O3 Core−Shell Nanowires and Carbon Nanotubes

Z Ai, Y Wang, M Xiao, L Zhang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
In this study, a nanocomposite catalyst was prepared by combining Fe@ Fe2O3 core− shell
nanowires and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with poly (tetrafluoroethylene) suspension (Fe …

The enhancing effect of low power microwaves on phenol oxidation by the Fenton process

R Carta, F Desogus - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
The consumption of phenol during its oxidation process in an aqueous solution containing
ferrous ions and hydrogen peroxide (Fenton process) was studied in a microwave irradiated …