title: Volatile organic compounds emission control in industrial pollution source using plasma technology coupled with F-TiO2/γ-Al2O3.
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/γ-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/γ-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 γ-Al2O3, TiO2/γ-Al2O3 and F-TiO2/γ-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/γ-Al2O3 resulted in greater enhancement of toluene removal efficiency and energy efficiency. Especially, when packing with F-TiO2/γ-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/γ-Al2O3 resulted in a better inhibition for by-products formation effectively in the gas exhaust.
authors.affiliation: a School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering , China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing) , Beijing 100083 , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ni
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Xiaoyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xianxian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Wenjuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carr
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D058626:Plasma Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D014050:Toluene / Q000737:chemistry*; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D058626:Plasma Gases; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds; D014050:Toluene; D000537:Aluminum Oxide
keywords: VOCs; catalyst; energy efficiency; plasma; synergistic