Enhanced performance of non-thermal plasma coupled with TiO2/GAC for decomposition of chlorinated organic compounds: influence of a hydrogen-rich substance

Journal of Environmental Health Science Engineering

Rasoul Yarahmadi¹  Abdolrahman Bahrami³  Babak Jaleh²  Farshid Ghorbani-Shahna³  Kamaleddin Abedi³ 

[1] Department of occupational health, Occupational health research center, School of public health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of physics, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran;Department of occupational health engineering, Research center for health services, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran

关键词: Hydrogen-rich source;    Granular activated carbon;    TiO2;    NTP-catalysis;    CVOCs removal;   

Others  :  1164576
DOI  :  10.1186/s40201-014-0119-1

 received in 2013-10-24, accepted in 2014-08-17,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

No study was found in the literature on the combination of TiO₂/GAC catalyst and non-thermal plasma for chlorinated volatile organic compounds abatement in air. This paper presents this hybrid process for the decomposition of chloroform (as a target compound) using a multi-pin to plate discharge reactor. The experiments were performed using a high frequency pulsed transformer as the power supply system to examine the effect of SIE, frequency, as well as initial concentration on the chloroform removal efficiency (RE). Toluene was added as a hydrogen-rich source to shift the reactions into the formation of environmentally desirable products.

Results

RE of around 60% was observed with the NTP-alone process at the highest possible SIE (3000 J L^?1), while it rocketed up to 100% (total oxidation) in the presence of TiO₂/GAC at SIE of 1000 J L^?1. About 100% O₃ destruction over TiO₂/GAC and both adsorption and catalytic activities of GAC may be considered as the reasons for better performance of the hybrid process. Toluene feeding diminished the chlorinated by-products such as Cl₂ and TCE significantly. The selectivity towards CO₂ was noticed to enhance noticeably, when both catalyst and toluene were introduced, regardless of the input concentration.

Conclusions

Our findings suggest that the hybrid of NTP with TiO₂/GAC will highly be effective in the abatement of chloroform, and the addition of toluene will successfully decline harmful chlorinated by-products.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Abedi et al., licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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