title: Conversion characteristics and production evaluation of styrene/o-xylene mixtures removed by DBD pretreatment.
abstract: The combination of chemical oxidation methods with biotechnology to removal recalcitrant VOCs is a promising technology. In this paper, the aim was to identify the role of key process parameters and biodegradability of the degradation products using a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor, which provided the fundamental data to evaluate the possibilities of the combined system. Effects of various technologic parameters like initial concentration of mixtures, residence time and relative humidity on the decomposition and the degradation products were examined and discussed. It was found that the removal efficiency of mixed VOCs decreased with increasing initial concentration. The removal efficiency reached the maximum value as relative humidity was approximately 40%-60%. Increasing the residence time resulted in increasing the removal efficiency and the order of destruction efficiency of VOCs followed the order styrene > o-xylene. Compared with the single compounds, the removal efficiency of styrene and o-xylene in the mixtures of VOCs decreased significantly and o-xylene decreased more rapidly. The degradation products were analyzed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and the main compounds detected were O3, COx and benzene ring derivatives. The biodegradability of mixed VOCs was improved and the products had positive effect on biomass during plasma application, and furthermore typical results indicated that the biodegradability and biotoxicity of gaseous pollutant were quite depending on the specific input energy (SIE).
authors: College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China. jiangly@zjut.edu.cn.
authors: Liying
authors: L
authors: Jiang
authors: College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China. zhurunye@zjut.edu.cn.
authors: Runye
authors: R
authors: Zhu
authors: College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China. maoyb1224@163.com.
authors: Yubo
authors: Y
authors: Mao
authors: College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China. jchen@zjut.edu.cn.
authors: Jianmeng
authors: J
authors: Chen
authors: College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China. zhangliang039@sina.com.
authors: Liang
authors: L
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005740:Gases; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D020058:Styrene / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D014992:Xylenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D005740:Gases; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds; D014992:Xylenes; D020058:Styrene; C026114:2-xylene
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