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Simultaneous Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Soot Particles from flue Gas by Gliding arc Discharge Treatment

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The removal of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH’s) and soot particles from flue gas was studied using a gliding arc discharge reactor, and the flue gas was emitted from the polyethylene (PE) or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) combustion in a laboratory-scale drop tube furnace. The removal efficiencies have ranged from 70.3% up to 74.4%. The maximum removal efficiency of soot particles was up to 89.3%. Experimental results show that the technique can successfully remove PAH’s and soot particles from flue gas, a possible mechanism is proposed to explain the experimental observations.

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Financial support from National Nature Science foundation (N50476058) is acknowledged. The support is also from PRA (Program Sino-French of Advanced Research) undertaken by the Institute for Thermal Power Engineering (Zhejiang University, China) and CORIA (France). The program is authorized by the Ministry of Science and Technology of PRC and the Ministry of Science and Technology of France. The authors greatly acknowledge technical assistant for experimental apparatus afforded by CORIA.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, P.R. China

    Ch. M. Du, J. H. Yan, X. D. Li, X. F. You, Y. Chi, M. J. Ni & K. F. Cen

  2. UMR 6614 (CORIA), University of Rouen, 76821, Mont Saint Aignan, France

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Du, C.M., Yan, J.H., Li, X.D. et al. Simultaneous Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Soot Particles from flue Gas by Gliding arc Discharge Treatment. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 26, 517–525 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-006-9033-3

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