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Method for treatment of waste water

US5145587A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 5, 1990
Grant dateSep 8, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC02F1/725
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for the treatment of waste water, which comprises wet oxidizing said waste water with a molecular oxygen-containing gas of an amount 1.0 to 1.5 times the amount thereof theoretically necessary for decomposing at least one substance selected from the group consisting of organic substances and inorganic substances present in said waste water to nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water at a temperature not exceeding 370.degree. C. under a pressure enough for said waste water to retain a liquid phase in the presence of a solid catalyst comprising of a first catalytic component formed of titanium dioxide, a second catalytic component formed of the oxide of an element of lanthanide series, and a third catalytic component containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, tungsten, copper, silver, gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, and iridium or a water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble compound of said metal.

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