Effluents from MBT plants: Plasma techniques for the treatment of VOCs

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2400-2406

  Ragazzi, Marco ^a   Tosi, Paolo ^a   Rada, Elena Cristina ^a   Torretta, Vincenzo ^b   Schiavon, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air treatment; Dielectric barrier discharge; Mechanical biological treatments; Methyl ethyl ketone; Non thermal plasma; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW CONTROL; KETONES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR TREATMENT; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; METHYL ETHYL KETONES; NONTHERMAL PLASMA;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

2 BUTANONE; 2,3 BUTANEDIONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AIR POLLUTANT; ALKANONE; METHYLETHYL KETONE; PLASMA GAS;

EFFLUENT; KETONE; PLASMA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE REACTOR; EFFLUENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MECHANICAL BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; PLASMA GAS; REACTOR; SIMULATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT; AIR POLLUTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BUTANONES; CATALYSIS; PLASMA GASES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84907510008     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.07.026     Document Type: Article

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