Reticulated vitreous carbon electrodes for gas phase pulsed corona reactors

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 500-509

  Kirkpatrick, Michael ^a   Finney, Wright C ^a   Locke, Bruce R ^a  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CARBON; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ETHYLENE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN;

PULSED CORONA REACTORS; RETICULATED VITREOUS CARBON ELECTRODES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 0033873274     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.833767     Document Type: Article

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