Comparison of catalytic activity of aluminum oxide and silica gel for decomposition of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a plasmacatalytic reactor

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 50-56

  Malik, Muhammad Arif ^a,b   Minamitani, Yasushi ^a,c   Schoenbach, Karl H ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide; Benzene; Catalysis; Hexane; Methane; Nonthermal plasma; Pulsed corona discharges; Silica gel; Toluene; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALUMINA; BENZENE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; METHANE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DEVICES; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SILICA GEL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NONTHERMAL PLASMA; PLASMACATALYTIC REACTOR; PULSED CORONA DISCHARGES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 14844322340     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.842323     Document Type: Article

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