Industrial scale destruction of environmental pollutants using a novel plasma reactor

Alice M. Harling, David J. Glover, J. Christopher Whitehead, Kui Zhang

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    Abstract

    Results for the destruction of environmental pollutants, using a novel multistage dielectric packed bed discharge plasma reactor (DPBD), carried out at an industrial scale flow rate of 300 L min-1 are presented. Some initial results on the combination of a MnO2 catalyst with the system are also given. Complete destruction of toluene is seen for an initial concentration of 10 ppm at a deposited energy density of 23 J L-1 (0.006 kW h Nm3-). This is an order of magnitude better than previous values indicating high energy efficiency. No NOx, a previously common byproduct in plasma processing, can be detected © 2008 American Chemical Society.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)5856-5860
    Number of pages4
    JournalIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
    Volume47
    Issue number16
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 20 Aug 2008

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