Control of volatile organic compounds by an AC energized ferroelectric pellet reactor and a pulsed corona reactor

Author

Yamamoto, T. ; Ramanathan, K. ; Lawless, P.A. ; Ensor, D.S. ; Newsome, J.R. ; Plaks, N. ; Ramsey, G.H. ; Vogel, C.A. ; Hammel, L.

Author_Institution

Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

1-5 Oct. 1989

Firstpage

2175

Abstract

Two laboratory-scale plasma reactors, an alternating-current-energized ferroelectric (high-dielectric ceramic) packed-bed reactor and a nanosecond pulsed corona reactor, were constructured. The aim was to develop baseline engineering data to demonstrate the feasibility of applying plasma reactors to the destruction of various volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Gas retention time, concentration, and corona power were varied to determine the effect on destruction efficiency, using gas chromatography for each VOC. Complete destruction was obtained for toluene. Conversions of methylene chloride at 95% and trichlorotrifluoroethane (known as CFC-113) at 67% were achieved. The conversion was dependent on the electron energy of the reactor and was also related to how strongly the halogen species were bonded with carbon.<>

Keywords

corona; electric breakdown of gases; electric breakdown of liquids; organic compounds; plasma devices; AC energized ferroelectric pellet reactor; CFC-113; destruction efficiency; electron energy; gas chromatography; gas concentration; gas retention time; high-dielectric ceramic; methylene chloride; plasma reactors; pulsed corona reactor; toluene; trichlorotrifluoroethane; volatile organic compounds; Ceramics; Corona; Data engineering; Ferroelectric materials; Gas chromatography; Inductors; Laboratories; Plasmas; Power engineering and energy; Volatile organic compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1989., Conference Record of the 1989 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1989.96941

Filename

96941