Advanced Oxidation Process of Methyldiethanolamine in wastewater

Advanced oxidation processes (AOP) are characterised by a common chemical feature : the
capacity of exploiting the highreactivity ofHO radicals in driving oxidation processes which
are suitable for achieving the complete abatement and through mineralization of even less
reactive pollutants.The different AOP are considered accordingly to their real applications for
water pollutions abatement-Memyldiethanolamine (MDEA) is an alkanolamine used in tail
gas treating and hydrogen sulfide enrichment units for selectively removing hydrogen sulfide
from gas streams containing carbon dioxide. Memyldiethanolamine is also used in natural
gas plants for the bulk removal of carbon dioxide.During recycling process,an amount of
MDEA is rejected andbecome waste water.The purpose of this research is to study a suitable
AOP that canapply for waste water contained MDEA treatment.This type of method is called
an AOP using UV light.