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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Development of a Novel Process for the Removal of Selected Organic Compounds from Waste Streams |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Tom O'Dwyer |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | University of Limerick (UL) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 52.67389, -8.57190 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/11/2006 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 01/05/2010 |
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| Project Keywords | Wastewater; Organic compounds removal; Calalytic absorbant; Oxidation |
| Project Abstract | This research project involves the development of a solid regenerable catalytic adsorbent for treating selected organic bearing waste streams. This will be achieved by a two-step process involving first the removal of the aqueous contaminant by adsorption onto a selective adsorbent material and secondly catalytic oxidation of the adsorbed pollutant into oxides of carbon water and nitrogen. It is envisaged that the adsorption step will subsequently permit recycling and re-use of the treated aqueous waste stream and the catalytic oxidation step will subsequently allow the adsorbent/catalyst material to be re-used in further cycles of the overall treatment process. |