Destruction of acenaphthene, fluorene, anthracene and pyrene by a dc gliding arc plasma reactor

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 180, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 449-455

  Yu, Liang ^a   Tu, Xin ^b   Li, Xiaodong ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Chi, Yong ^a   Yan, Jianhua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Destruction; Gliding arc; Non thermal plasma; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE; CARRIER GAS; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; DESTRUCTION; DESTRUCTION RATES; EXTERNAL RESISTANCE; FLUORENES; GAS DISCHARGE; GLIDING ARC; GLIDING ARC DISCHARGE; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; TREATMENT PROCESS;

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIZATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; PYRENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; FLUORENE; FOSSIL FUEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ACENAPHTHENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

DECOMPOSITION; PAH; PLASMA; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DC GLIDING ARC PLASMA REACTOR; DECOMPOSITION; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASMA TECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTOR; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY;

ACENAPHTHENES; ANTHRACENES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUORENES; PYRENES;

EID: 77956199347     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.04.051     Document Type: Article

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