Guidelines for the Selection of a Chemical Model for Advanced Oxidation Processes

AOPs can be modeled at several different levels, depending on the amount of kinetic information and computer resources available, and the purposes to which the results will be applied. Integration of the simplified rate equations gives the most information and provides the best check of the model with actual laboratory data. Even the simplest method discussed, comparison of target compound disappearance with oxidant consumption, is considerably better for optimization purposes than is simply comparing contaminant disappearance curves between experiments run under different conditions.