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Electrical Discharge Plasma in a Porous Ceramic Membrane-supported Catalyst for the Decomposition of a Volatile Organic Compound  

Jo, Jin-Oh (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Jeju National University)
Lee, Sang Baek (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Jeju National University)
Jang, Dong Lyong (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Jeju National University)
Mok, Young Sun (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Jeju National University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.24, no.4, 2013 , pp. 433-437 More about this Journal
Abstract
Electrical discharge plasma created in a multi-channel porous ceramic membrane-supported catalyst was applied to the decomposition of a volatile organic compound (VOC). For the purpose of improving the oxidation capability, the ceramic membrane used as a low-pressure drop catalyst support was loaded with zinc oxide photocatalyst by the incipient wetness impregnation method. Alternating current-driven discharge plasma was created inside the porous ceramic membrane to produce reactive species such as radicals, ozone, ions and excited molecules available for the decomposition of VOC. As the voltage supplied to the reactor increased, the plasma discharge gradually propagated in the radial direction, creating an uniform plasma in the entire ceramic membrane above a certain voltage. Ethylene was used as a model VOC. The ethylene decomposition efficiency was examined with experimental variables such as the specific energy density, inlet ethylene concentration and zinc oxide loading. When compared at the identical energy density, the decomposition efficiency obtained with the zinc oxide-loaded ceramic membrane was substantially higher than that of the bare membrane case. Both nitrogen and oxygen played an important role in initiating the decomposition of ethylene. The rate of the decomposition is governed by the quantity of reactive species generated by the plasma, and a strong dependence of the decomposition efficiency on the initial concentration was observed.
Keywords
porous ceramic; plasma; catalyst; zinc oxide; volatile organic compounds;
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