title: Decomposition of gaseous toluene using a continuous flow discharge plasma reactor with new configurations.
abstract: The destruction of gaseous toluene was carried out in a tubular multilayer dielectric barrier discharge reactor which can yield a steady state of low-temperature plasma with an array structure. The research was investigated under different relative humidities, input voltages, energy densities, energy consumption and the reactor processing capacities. The results showed that the highest removal efficiency and processing capacity (γ) were acquired using an additional dielectric with the width of 2 mm between adjacent discharge quartz tubes, and the removal efficiency of toluene reached 86.5% and γ increased to 6272 kg/s m³ at a voltage of 6 kV. The gas-phase by-products (O3, NOx, COx and intermediate organics) were also presented and the reaction mechanism was described according to the decomposition reaction tunnels.
authors.affiliation: a Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science & Engineering , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Juanjuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science & Engineering , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jingting
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science & Engineering , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: a Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science & Engineering , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Renxi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science & Engineering , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Huiqi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002384:Catalysis; D004563:Electrochemistry; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D014050:Toluene / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D005740:Gases; D014050:Toluene
keywords: VOCs; a new type DBD; by- products identification; surface effect; the third dielectric plate