Patent ID: 9574122
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B01D,B01J,C09K

Claim:
1. A method for reducing content of at least one water soluble volatile organic compound present in a gas, said method comprising: contacting said gas with an aqueous acidic oxidizing composition comprising H maintaining pH of said aqueous acidic oxidizing composition at a value of about 2.2 to about 2.6 within said reactor tank and recirculating said aqueous acidic oxidizing composition through said absorption tower, and submitting said at least one water soluble volatile organic compound and said aqueous acidic oxidizing composition to an UV radiation within said reactor tank by means of UV lamps disposed within said reactor tank, wherein said at least one water soluble volatile organic compound present in said gas is chosen from methanol, ethanol, aldehydes, ketones, organic acids, esters, and mixtures thereof.