Mineralization of sulfolane in aqueous solutions by Ozone/CaO2 and Ozone/CaO with potential for field application

Once these conditions were optimised in the lab, field experiments were designed and evaluated to treat contaminated ground water samples. The field tests were successful in mineralization of sulfolane within a reasonable time (4 h). Sulfolane degradation took 150 min in these experiments. The pH of the water samples was brought to near neutral (pH = 6.5) by bubbling CO2.