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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2016.17.8.1

Numerical simulation of VOC decomposition in an arc plasma reactor  

Park, Mi-jeong (Department of Applied Environmental Science, Kyung Hee University)
Jo, Young-min (Department of Applied Environmental Science, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.17, no.8, 2016 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
A range of techniques have been being developed to remove the volatile organic compounds from paining processes. High temperature decomposition of harmful VOCs using arc plasma has recently been proposed, and this work analyzed the extreme hot process by computer-aided fluid dynamics prior to the reactor design. Numerical simulations utilized the conservation equations of mass and momentum. The simulation showed that the fluid flowed down along the inner surface of the centrifugal reactor by forming intensive spiral trajectories. Although the high temperature gas generated by plasma influences the bottom of the reactor, no heat transfer in radial direction appeared. The decomposition efficiency of a typical VOCs, toluene, was found to be a maximum of 67% across the reactor, which was similar to the value (approximately 70%) for the lab-scale test.
Keywords
Arc plasma; Numerical simulation; Reactor design; VOCs;
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