Decomposition characteristics of toluene by a corona radical shower system

Abstract： Non-thermal plasma technologies offer an innovative approach to decomposing various volatile organic compounds(VOCs). The decomposition of toluene from simulated flue gas was investigated using a pipe electrode with nozzles for the generation of free radicals. Corona characteristics and decomposition of toluene were investigated experimentally. In addition, the decomposition mechanism of toluene was explored in view of reaction rate. The experimental results showed that the humidity of additional gas has an important effect on corona characteristics and modes and stable streamer corona can be generated through optimizing flow rate and humidity of additional gas. Applied voltage, concentration of toluene, humidity of toluene and resident time are some important factors affecting decomposition efficiency. Under optimizing conditions, the decomposition efficiency of toluene can reach 80%. These results can give a conclusion that the corona radical shower technology is feasible and effective on the removal of toluene in the flue gas. 作 者： WU Zu-liang    GAO Xiang    LUO Zhong-yang    NI Ming-jiang    CEN Ke-fa   作者單位： Clean Energy and Environment Engineering Key Lab of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China  期 刊： 環境科學學報(英文版)  ISTICSCI   Journal： JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES  年，卷(期)： 2004, 16(4)  分類號： X12 X505  Keywords： decomposition    corona    radical    toluene