| Title: | Volatile organic compounds emission control in industrial pollution source using plasma technology coupled with F-TiO2/gamma-Al2O3 |
| Author(s): | Zhu T; Chen R; Xia N; Li X; He X; Zhao W; Carr T; |
| Address: | "a School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering , China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing) , Beijing 100083 , People's Republic of China" |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09593330.2014.992479 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0959-3330 (Print) 0959-3330 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Volatile organic compounds' (VOCs) effluents, which come from many industries, are triggering serious environmental problems. As an emerging technology, non-thermal plasma (NTP) technology is a potential technology for VOCs emission control. NTP coupled with F-TiO2/gamma-Al2O3 is used for toluene removal from a gaseous influent at normal temperature and atmospheric pressure. NTP is generated by dielectric barrier discharge, and F-TiO2/gamma-Al2O3 can be prepared by sol-gel method in the laboratory. In the experiment, the different packed materials were packed into the plasma reactor, including gamma-Al2O3, TiO2/gamma-Al2O3 and F-TiO2/gamma-Al2O3. Through a series of characterization methods such as X-ray diffraction, scanning electronic microscopy and Brunner-Emmet-Teller measurements, the results show that the particle size distribution of F-TiO2 is relatively smaller than that of TiO2, and the pore distribution of F-TiO2 is more uniformly distributed than that of TiO2. The relationships among toluene removal efficiency, reactor input energy density, and the equivalent capacitances of air gap and dielectric barrier layer were investigated. The results show that the synergistic technology NTP with F-TiO2/gamma-Al2O3 resulted in greater enhancement of toluene removal efficiency and energy efficiency. Especially, when packing with F-TiO2/gamma-Al2O3 in NTP reactor, toluene removal efficiency reaches 99% and higher. Based on the data analysis of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, the experimental results showed that NTP reactor packed with F-TiO2/gamma-Al2O3 resulted in a better inhibition for by-products formation effectively in the gas exhaust" |
| Keywords: | Air Pollutants/*chemistry Air Pollution/*prevention & control Aluminum Oxide/*chemistry Organophosphorus Compounds Plasma Gases/*chemistry Toluene/*chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds/chemistry VOCs catalyst energy efficiency plasma synergistic; |
| Notes: | "MedlineZhu, Tao Chen, Rui Xia, Ni Li, Xiaoyang He, Xianxian Zhao, Wenjuan Carr, Tim eng Comparative Study Evaluation Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2014/11/28 Environ Technol. 2015 May-Jun; 36(9-12):1405-13. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2014.992479. Epub 2015 Jan 3" |
