Electro-scrubbing volatile organic carbons in the air stream with a gas diffusion electrode

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 188, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 125-131

  Yang, Ji ^a,b   Liu, Kaichen ^b   Jia, Jinping ^b   Cao, Limei ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbon fiber (ACF); Gas diffusion electrode (GDE); Scrubbing; Volatile organic carbon (VOC); Waste gas

Indexed keywords

ACETATE REMOVAL; AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR STREAMS; CURRENT EFFICIENCY; EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE (GDE); GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES; HIGH VOLTAGE; INFLUENCE FACTORS; METAL OXIDE ELECTRODES; ORGANICS; OXYGEN MASS TRANSFER; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; REMOVAL PROCESS; SCALE-UP; SCRUBBING; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC CARBON (VOC); VOLATILE ORGANIC CARBONS; WASTE GAS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRODES; GASES; HYDRAULICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL CASTING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; STREAM FLOW; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

2 ETHOXYETHANOL ACETATE; ACETIC ACID; METAL OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FLOW REGULATION; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR; ARTICLE; ELECTRO SCRUBBING REACTOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; GAS DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; GASES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79952484537     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.082     Document Type: Article

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