Liquid-phase hydrogenation using a solid Pd-Cu bimetallic catalyst provides a potential technique for the removal of nitrates from waters. In this study, hardness and salt effects on both the nitrate disappearance rate and the reaction selectivity were quantitatively evaluated. Reduction experiments were performed for a wide range of nitrate conversions in an isothermal semibatch slurry reactor. It was discovered in a series of runs using various nitrate salts as a source of nitrate ions that the apparent surface reaction rate constant increases in the order K+

Keywords:DRINKING-WATER;NITRITE REMOVAL