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A comparison study of toluene removal by two-stage DBD-catalyst systems loading with MnO x , CeMnO x , and CoMnO x

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This paper studies the toluene removal by a two-stage dielectric barrier discharge (DBD)-catalyst system with three catalysts: MnO x /ZSM-5, CoMnO x /ZSM-5, and CeMnO x /ZSM-5. V-Q Lissajous method, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron (XPS) are used to characterize the DBD and catalysts. The DBD processing partially oxidizes the toluene, and the removal efficiency has a linear relationship with ozone generation. Three DBD-catalyst systems are compared in terms of their toluene removal efficiency, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra, carbon balance, CO selectivity, CO2 selectivity, and ozone residual. The results show that the DBD-catalyst system with CoMnO x /ZSM-5 performs better than the other two systems. It has the highest removal efficiency of about 93.7 %, and the corresponding energy yield is 4.22 g/kWh. The carbon balance and CO2 selectivity of CoMnO x /ZSM-5 is also better than the other two catalysts. The measurements of two important byproducts including aerosols and ozone are also presented.

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This work is supported by 863 Program with grant numbers 2013AA065001 and 2013AA065005; NSFC with grant numbers 41476080, 21276232, and 51377145; NSF of Zhejiang Province with grant Nos. LQ14D060004, LY13E070002, and 2014C33022; and the Program for Zhejiang Leading Team of S&T Innovation with grant No. 2013TD07.

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    Yifan Huang, Shaolong Dai, Xuming Zhang, Zhen Liu & Keping Yan

  2. Institute of Industrial Ecology and Environment Research, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Yifan Huang, Shaolong Dai, Xuming Zhang, Zhen Liu & Keping Yan

  3. School of Chemistry and Environment, Jiaying University, Meizhou, China

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Huang, Y., Dai, S., Feng, F. et al. A comparison study of toluene removal by two-stage DBD-catalyst systems loading with MnO x , CeMnO x , and CoMnO x . Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 19240–19250 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5121-3

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