Superfund Research Program
Pyrolytic Conversion of PAHs in Contaminated Sediments into Char to Eliminate Toxicity and Enhance Soil Fertility
Project Leader: Pedro J. Alvarez (Rice University)
Co-Investigator: Kyriacos Zygourakis (Rice University)
Grant Number: P42ES027725
Funding Period: 2020-2025
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Publications
2023
- Denison SB, Jin P, Dias Da Silva P, Chu C, Moorthy B, Senftle TP, Zygourakis K, Alvarez PJ. 2023. Pyro-catalytic degradation of pyrene by bentonite-supported transition metals: Mechanistic insights and trade-offs with low pyrolysis temperature. Environ Sci Technol 57(38):14373-14383. doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c04487 PMID:37683087
2022
- Denison SB, Dias Da Silva P, Koester CP, Alvarez PJ, Zygourakis K. 2022. Clays play a catalytic role in pyrolytic treatment of crude-oil contaminated soils that is enhanced by ion-exchanged transition metals. J Hazard Mater 437:doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129295 PMID:35717817
- Wei Y, Miao J, Alvarez PJ, Long M. 2022. How to accurately assess the intrinsic activity of catalysts in peroxy activation?. Environ Sci Technol 56(15):10557-10559. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c04032 PMID:35822807
- Wei Y, Miao J, Ge J, Lang J, Yu C, Zhang L, Alvarez PJ, Long M. 2022. Ultrahigh peroxymonosulfate utilization efficiency over CuO nanosheets via heterogeneous Cu(III) formation and preferential electron transfer during degradation of phenols. Environ Sci Technol 56:doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c01968
- Zhang S, Wei Y, Metz J, He S, Alvarez PJ, Long M. 2022. Persistent free radicals in biochar enhance superoxide-mediated Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling and the efficacy of CaO(2) Fenton-like treatment. J Hazard Mater 421:doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126805 PMID:34388929
2021
- Dias Da Silva P, Wong MS, Zygourakis K. 2021. JP-8 desulfurization by CuNa-Y zeolite at elevated temperatures has two distinct stages: chemisorption followed by surface reactions. Ind Eng Chem Res 60(40):14534-14546. doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02131
- Gao Y, Dias Da Silva P, Alvarez PJ, Zygourakis K. 2021. Integrating thermal analysis and reaction modeling for rational design of pyrolytic processes to remediate soils contaminated with heavy crude oil. Environ Sci Technol 55:11987-11996. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c03607 PMID:34432440 PMCID:PMC8719924