| Title: | Toluene oxidation by non-thermal plasma combined with palladium catalysts |
| Author(s): | Magureanu M; Dobrin D; Mandache NB; Cojocaru B; Parvulescu VI; |
| Address: | "Department for Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics Magurele, Bucharest, Romania. Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2296-2646 (Print) 2296-2646 (Electronic) 2296-2646 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The oxidation of toluene in air was investigated using a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) combined with a Pd/Al2O3 catalyst. When using only plasma, rather low selectivity toward CO2 was obtained: 32-35%. By filling the DBD reactor with Pd/Al2O3 catalyst the CO2 selectivity was significantly enhanced (80-90%), however, a large amount of toluene was desorbed from the catalyst when the discharge was operated. By filling a quarter of the discharge gap with catalyst and placing the rest of the catalyst downstream of the plasma reactor, an important increase of CO2 selectivity (~75%) and a 15% increase in toluene conversion were achieved as compared to the results with plasma alone. The catalyst exhibited a very good stability in this reaction" |
| Keywords: | CO2 selectivity Pd/Al2O3 catalyst non-thermal plasma total oxidation of toluene volatile organic compounds; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEMagureanu, Monica Dobrin, Daniela Mandache, Nicolae B Cojocaru, Bogdan Parvulescu, Vasile I eng Switzerland 2013/01/01 Front Chem. 2013 Jun 20; 1:7. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2013.00007. eCollection 2013" |
