Temperature dependence of toluene decomposition behavior in the discharge-catalyst hybrid reactor

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1553-1558

  Hayashi, Kazuo ^a   Yasui, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanaka, Motofumi ^a   Futamura, Shigeru ^b   Kurita, Satoshi ^c   Aoyagi, Kenichi ^c  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c Toshiba IT and Control Systems Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dielectric barrier discharge; Hybrid reactor; Ozone decomposition catalyst; Synergistic effect; Toluene; Volatile organic compound (VOC)

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; HYBRID REACTOR; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TOLUENE CONVERSION; TOLUENE DECOMPOSITION; TWO STAGE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; FLOW CONTROL; OZONE; PLASMAS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

TOLUENE;

EID: 70349973766     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2009.2027101     Document Type: Article

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