Supercritical water oxidation of wastewater from acrylonitrile manufacturing plant.

The wastewater from an acrylonitrile manufacturing plant, which is difficult to biodegrade, was decomposed in subcritical and supercritical water. Experiments were carried out at temperature ranging from 299 to 552 degrees C and a pressure of 25 MPa. The initial total organic carbon (TOC) of acrylonitrile wastewater was set from 0.