Performance of the Chlorobenzene Destruction with Nonthermal Plasma: Effects of the Gas Conditions and the Gas Components
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 149, Issue 4
Abstract
Nonthermal plasma (NTP) is a promising technology for the decomposition of chlorobenzene (CB), but many conditions will affect the performance of NTP. The effects of gas temperature, relative humidity, oxygen content, sulfur dioxide (), and nitric oxide (NO) on the removal of CB in dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) were studied in this study. The results showed that the gas temperature with the highest CB removal rate was 50°C at 14 kV and 200°C at 18 kV. With the addition of water vapor, the removal efficiency of CB first increased and then decreased, reaching the highest (52.94%) when the relative humidity was 20% at 14 kV. The presence of oxygen inhibited the degradation of CB. At 14 kV, when the oxygen concentration increased from 0% to 25%, the degradation efficiency of CB decreased from 71.93% to 32.54%. In the discharge process, the addition of promoted the removal of CB, while NO inhibited under the same conditions. The addition of and NO did not change the specific energy density. For ozone (), the addition of water molecules, , and NO inhibited the formation of . It is of great significance to study the influence of relevant gas conditions on the degradation of CB by NTP technology, so as to provide a reference for industrial application.
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All data used during the study appear in the published paper.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Project Program (Z191100009119002).
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 149 • Issue 4 • April 2023
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Received: Sep 17, 2022
Accepted: Dec 1, 2022
Published online: Jan 31, 2023
Published in print: Apr 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Jun 30, 2023
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- Chemical degradation
- Chemical elements
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- Chemical properties
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- Environmental engineering
- Gases
- Humidity
- Measurement (by type)
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- Temperature effects
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- Waste management
- Water and water resources
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