Uses for Hydrogen Peroxide Technology

The process developing Company UOP LLC in Des Plaines, USA, searched for direct routes for hydrogen peroxide manufacture from elementary hydrogen and oxygen by microprocess technology that almost under all process conditions inevitably involves processing in the explosive area [36,37]. The better use of raw... 

Even after employing methods to selectively remove especially toxic species from chemical waste, we will continue to have to dispose of quantities of chemical waste. While many types of waste can be dealt with by incineration, often on site, some types of waste will demand chemical treatment to render them safe. Oxidation is very important in this context and apart for hydrogen peroxide and wet air, the use of supercritical water offers some exciting possibilities for the total oxidation of chemical waste. Chapter 15 deals with this powerful technique including a discussion of the remarkable properties of supercritical liquids as well as consideration of engineering aspects of the technology such as corrosion and plant design. 

New reactor technologies are currently under development, and these include meso- and micro-structured reactors or the use of membranes. Among meso-structured reactors, monolithic catalysts play a pre-eminent role in environmental applications, initially in the cleaning of automotive exhaust gases. Beside this gas-solid application, other meso-structures such as membranes [57, 58], corrugated plate or other arranged catalysts and, of course, monoliths can be used as multiphase reactors [59, 60]. These reactors also offer a real potential for process intensification, which has already been demonstrated in commercial applications such as the production of hydrogen peroxide. 

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