Pulsed Corona Plasma Technology for Treating VOC Emissions from Pulp Mills

Fridman, Alexander A. ; Gutsol, Alexander ; Kennedy, Lawrence A. ; Saveliev, Alexei V. ; Korobtsev, Sergey V. ; Shiryaevsky, Valery L. ; Medvedev, Dmitry

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

关键词: Dimethyl Sulfide;    Low-Temperature Plasma;    Organic Compounds;    32 Energy Conservation, Consumption, And Utilization;    54 Environmental Sciences;   

DOI  :  10.2172/826442
RP-ID  :  DOE/ID/13868-1
RP-ID  :  FC36-00ID13868
RP-ID  :  826442

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Under the DOE Office of Industrial Technologies Forest Products program various plasma technologies were evaluated under project FWP 49885 ''Experimental Assessment of Low-Temperature Plasma Technologies for Treating Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Pulp Mills and Wood Products Plants''. The heterogeneous pulsed corona discharge was chosen as the best non-equilibrium plasma technology for control of the vent emissions from HVLC Brownstock Washers. The technology for removal of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from gas emissions with conditions typical of the exhausts of the paper industry by means of pulsed corona plasma techniques presented in this work. For the compounds of interest in this study (methanol, acetone, dimethyl sulfide and ? -pinene), high removal efficiencies were obtained with power levels competitive with the present technologies for the VOCs removal. Laboratory experiments were made using installation with the average power up to 20 W. Pilot plant prepared for on-site test has average plasma power up to 6.4 kW. The model of the Pilot Plant operation is presented.