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Based on the wire-tube dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor, this study investigated the effects of the materials and configurations of high-voltage pole, insulating medium layer and grounding pole on the discharge power, power factor, and ozone concentration of the reactor, respectively. The DBD reactor had the best discharge power and power factor and the highest ozone concentration when the high-voltage pole was the linear copper wire, the insulating medium material was quartz tube, and the grounding pole was the copper wire winding. Based on this optimized DBD reactor, the effect of energy density on the treatment efficiency and ozone concentration of H2S exhaust gas was further investigated. At the energy density of 2143.1 J L−1, the H2S exhaust gas treatment efficiency reached 100% and the residual ozone concentration decreased to 0 g m−3.
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This work was supported by Shenyang Science and Technology Project (Shenyang Science and Technology Bureau) (20–206-4–01). Xinjun Shen has received research support from the project.
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All authors contributed to the study concept and design. Material preparation and data collection and analysis were performed by Jingxue Gu and Yinxin Liu. Wei Zhou and Chongjie Xia were responsible for the construction of experimental equipment and performance testing. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Chongjie Xia. Xinjun Shen provided assistance in the conceptualization, resources, writing (review and editing), project management, and funding acquisition. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. Final manuscript was read and approved by all authors.
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Xia, C., Shen, X., Gu, J. et al. Wire-Tube DBD Reactor for H2S Treatment: Optimization of Materials and Configurations. Water Air Soil Pollut 233, 398 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05865-6
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