DC corona electric discharges for air pollution control. Part 1. Efficiency and products of hydrocarbon processing

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5862-5868

  Marotta, Ester ^a   Callea, Alessandro ^a   Rea, Massimo ^a   Paradisi, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONTAMINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROCARBONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BENCHTOP REACTOR; RATIONALIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; KETONE; OCTANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONTAMINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROCARBONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; HUMIDITY; HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOW RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONTHERMAL PLASMA PROCESSING; OXIDATION; PRESSURE; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; REACTOR;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; HEXANES; HUMIDITY; HYDROCARBONS; OCTANES; OXYGEN; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 34548062696     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0707411     Document Type: Article

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