| Title: | Decomposition of VOCs using serial surface dielectric barrier discharge reactors |
| Author(s): | Nguyen HP; Santos CA; Lee TJ; Park YK; Jo YM; |
| Address: | "Department of Environmental Science & Environmental Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, South Korea. Department of Environmental Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, South Korea" |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09593330.2020.1869315 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1479-487X (Electronic) 0959-3330 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Decomposition of two typical volatile organic compounds (VOCs): toluene and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), was investigated by introducing the complete energy yield (i.e. amount of VOCs totally converted to CO and CO(2) for every 1 kWh of electrical usage) and specific energy density (SED) for the non-thermal plasma technology. Three dielectric barrier discharge reactors of which SED range was 55 J/L to 283 J/L at a flow rate of 1 L/min were connected in a 3-reactor arranged in series using interconnecting tubes in the inlets and outlets. As a result of the serial reactor design, the energy efficiency of the system improved, and in particular, 7% of increase was found in at the same level of energy consumption. The mixed phase of VOCs (toluene and MEK) showed MEK as a limiting species in this study. As the inlet concentration rose from 20 to 100 ppmv, both energy yield and complete energy yield increased from 0.8 to 9.2 g/kWh and from 0.8 to 2.3 g/kWh, respectively" |
| Keywords: | Toluene *Volatile Organic Compounds Indoor air quality VOCs energy efficiency non-thermal plasma serial reactor; |
| Notes: | "MedlineNguyen, Hoang Phuong Santos, Christian Ariane Lee, Tae Jung Park, Young Koo Jo, Young Min eng England 2020/12/29 Environ Technol. 2022 Jun; 43(14):2145-2154. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2020.1869315. Epub 2020 Dec 30" |
