Comparison of toluene removal in air at atmospheric conditions by different corona discharges

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 9386-9392

  Schiorlin, Milko ^a   Marotta, Ester ^a   Rea, Massimo ^a   Paradisi, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CORONA DISCHARGES; HIGH VOLTAGE; HUMID AIR; INITIAL STAGES; ION ANALYSIS; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; PRODUCT SELECTIVITIES; PULSED CORONA; RELATED SYSTEMS; TOLUENE CONVERSION; TOLUENE OXIDATION; VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ELECTRIC CORONA; HYDRATES; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION;

TOLUENE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COBALT; HYDRONIUM ION; ION; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; RADICAL; TOLUENE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORONA; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; ION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLUENE;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMIDITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; POLARIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 72849124645     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9021816     Document Type: Article

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