Gas purification by nonthermal plasma: A case study of ethylene

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6478-6485

  Aerts, R ^a   Tu, X ^b   Van Gaens, W ^a   Whitehead, J C ^c   Bogaerts, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR HUMIDITY; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMAS; KINETIC MODELING; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; OH RADICAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SPECIFIC ENERGY; TOXIC GAS;

BYPRODUCTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ETHYLENE; FREE RADICALS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACETYLENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHYLENE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; TOXIC GAS; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHYLENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PLASMA; PURIFICATION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATOM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESTRUCTION; GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMIDITY; PLASMA GAS; PURIFICATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ACETYLENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHYLENES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMIDITY; WATER;

EID: 84879213708     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400405c     Document Type: Article

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