Potassium persulfate was compared with hydrogen peroxide as oxidant in pressurized hot water.Oxidant (in excess)
and organic model pollutants (phenol, 2,3-dichlorophenol,
and m-cresol,
c =0.3-0.5 mM each) were introduced to the reaction capillary with
and without preheating.Reaction time was 4-57 s, temperature 80-400
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C,
and pressure 220-310 bar. Withoutpreheating, potassium persulfate was clearly more efficient than hydrogen peroxide in oxidizingthe model compounds: for example, with potassium persulfate, removal percentages close to100 were obtained in 55 s at 110
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C, whereas with hydrogen peroxide the required temperatureto obtain similar results in any reaction time was nearly 300
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C. Total organic carbon wasremoved more effectively by potassium persulfate under mild conditions. Overall, oxidationefficiencies were decreased when capillaries were preheated, especially with potassium persulfateas oxidant. Corrosion, measured as Ni concentration of the effluent, was more severe withpotassium persulfate than hydrogen peroxide.