Enhancement Of Organic Vapor Incineration By Using Ozone

    Authors

    C. A. Clausen; C. D. Cooper; M. Hewett;A. Martinez

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Hazard. Mater.

    Keywords

    THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION; Engineering, Environmental; Engineering, Civil; Environmental Sciences

    Abstract

    Incineration of dilute mixtures of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air was studied in an externally heated quartz tube reactor. A dilute stream of ozone (O3) in air was injected into the flowing VOC-in-air stream at various molar ratios of O3 to VOCs. A number of trials were made to determine the degree of enhancement of the destruction of several VOCs-heptane, isopropanol, chlorobenzene, and trichloroethylene. Temperatures studied for heptane destruction ranged from 637-degrees-C to 687-degrees-C and residence times varied from 0.26 to 0.84 seconds. It was shown that O3 definitely increased the rate of destruction of n-heptane, but apparently had no effect on the other organics tested. At the residence times and temperatures studied, both organic intermediates and CO persisted. The results for n-heptane using O3 were compared with results previously reported for n-heptane using hydrogen peroxide.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Hazardous Materials

    Volume

    31

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-1992

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    75

    Last Page

    87

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1992JB47700006

    ISSN

    0304-3894

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