Utilization of a Microreactor for Electrochemical Degradation of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers

0375161 - ÚCHP 2012 FR eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Vajglová, Zuzana - Vychodilová, Hana - Křišťál, Jiří - Stavárek, Petr - Kaštánek, František - Jiřičný, Vladimír
Utilization of a Microreactor for Electrochemical Degradation of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers.
Book of Abstracts. -: -, 2012, s. 211-212. ISBN N. ISSN 1877-7058.
[The International Conferences on Microreaction Technology IMRET 12. Lyon (FR), 20.02.2012-22.02.2012]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA104/09/0880
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z40720504
Keywords : polybrominated diphenyl ethers * electrochemical dehalogenation * electrochemical microreactor
Subject RIV: CI - Industrial Chemistry, Chemical Engineering

One of the newly developed methods of degradation is the electrochemical degradation. Electrochemically generated atoms of hydrogen are not only much more reactive but effective also under milder conditions than the conventional methods of debromination [4, 5]. Within the frame of this work we have used for the first time an electrochemical microreactor whose application in this context has not been described in the literature. The obtained original experimental results confirm significantly higher efficiency and the speed of degradation in comparison with the classic electrochemical reactor and chemical methods of PBDE degradation.
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