Mineralization of sulfolane in aqueous systems by CaO₂/O₃ and CaO/O₃ was investigated in this study. If 1.6 g/L of oxidants (CaO₂ and CaO) were used along with 5 L/min of O₃ in a batch reactor, degradation of sulfolane followed a pseudo-first order kinetics model. Both sulfolane and TOC were totally removed in less than 40 and 150 min respectively. For these treatments, the pH of the aqueous solutions was above 11, which made O₃ more effective in removing sulfolane. However, the high pH of the solution didn't improve TOC removal. For TOC removal the presence of CaO₂ and CaO was necessary.

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 were brought to near neutral (pH = 6.5) by bubbling CO₂.

在这项研究中，研究了环丁砜中CaO ₂ / O ₃和CaO / O _3的矿化作用。如果在间歇反应器中使用1.6 g / L的氧化剂（CaO ₂和CaO）以及5 L / min的O ₃，则环丁砜的降解遵循拟一级动力学模型。环丁砜和TOC分别在不到40分钟和150分钟内被完全去除。对于这些处理，水溶液的pH高于11，这使得O ₃在除去环丁砜中更有效。但是，溶液的高pH值并不能提高TOC的去除率。为了去除TOC，必须存在CaO ₂和CaO。

一旦在实验室中优化了这些条件，便会设计并评估现场实验，以处理受污染的地下水样品。现场测试成功地在合理的时间内（4小时）使环丁砜矿化。在这些实验中，环丁砜的降解耗时150分钟。通过鼓泡CO ₂使水样品的pH值接近中性（pH = 6.5）。