Supercritical Water Oxidation of Organic Compounds: Experimental and Numerical Results

Abstract

This paper deals with the supercritical water oxidation of organic compounds. It is the continuation of a previous paper published in the journal. In this work, we remind the reader of the main features of our experimental device as well as our mathematical model. The main subject of this paper is the validation of this mathematical model. Thus, comparisons between experimental data and numerical predictions are performed in the frame of the oxidation of acetic acid, ethanol, and phenol. Kinetic parameters required by the model are taken from the literature and discussed in order to propose an expression encompassing their different values. Agreement between experiments and computation is excellent, and thus validate the ability of the model for the scale-up of such process.