Remediation of dichloromethane (CH2Cl2) using non-thermal, atmospheric pressure plasma generated in a packed-bed reactor

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 558-565

  Abd Allah, Zaenab ^a,b   Whitehead, J Christopher ^c   Martin, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TISHREEN UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; CHEMICAL KINETIC MODEL; DIELECTRIC BARRIER; INFLUENCE OF PROCESS PARAMETERS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PACKED BED REACTOR; PACKED-BED PLASMA REACTORS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

DICHLOROMETHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; PACKED BEDS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

DICHLOROMETHANE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRIC OXIDE; PLASMA GAS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOREACTOR; DECOMPOSITION; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; OZONE; PLASMA; RESIDENCE TIME; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY; ENERGY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PACKED BED REACTOR; PLASMA GAS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; PLASMA GASES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84891815291     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402953z     Document Type: Article

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