title: The kinetics of catalytic incineration of styrene over a MnO/Fe2O3 catalyst.
abstract: Catalytic incineration is one of the cost-effective technologies to deal with unwanted volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Catalytic incineration of styrene over a MnO/Fe2O3 catalyst was carried out in a bench scale catalytic incinerator. Three kinetic models, the power-rate law, the Mars and van Krevelen model and the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model were used to analyze the results. A differential reactor design was used for best fit of kinetic models in this study. The results show that the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model may be feasible to describe the catalytic incineration of styrene. This suggests that the chemical adsorption of either O2 molecules or O atoms is important in the process of catalytic incineration of styrene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chu