Plasma-assisted catalysis for the destruction of CFC-12 in atmospheric pressure gas streams using TiO2

Anna E. Wallis, J. Christopher Whitehead, Kui Zhang

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    Abstract

    A non-thermal, atmospheric pressure plasma with a titanium dioxide catalyst were combined to destroy difluorochloromethane, CCl2F2, (CFC-12) in gas streams of nitrogen and air using two configurations; one where the catalyst was incorporated directly into the plasma and the other where the catalyst was downstream of the plasma. The single stage reactor, in both gas streams, gave significant enhancement of the CFC-12 destruction with high energy efficiency. Both configurations decreased NOx production when processing in air. No loss in catalyst surface area or activity was observed. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)29-33
    Number of pages4
    JournalCatalysis Letters
    Volume113
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2007

    Keywords

    • ATR-IR
    • BET
    • Catalysis
    • CFC-12
    • Non-thermal plasma
    • Titanium dioxide

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