Abstract
Using a narrow bore quartz tube reactor set inside a three zone Lindburg furnace, a measured air stream with a known concentration of n-heptane was heated to temperatures between 637°C and 687°C. A separate measured air stream with known concentrations of ozone was injected just prior to the thermal zone of the reactor. The differences in heptane concentration entering and exiting the reactor under varying time, temperature, and ozone conditions were monitored with a gas chromatograph in an effort to generate kinetic data. The reactor was modeled as a first order plug flow reactor. The constants in the Arrhenius equation were determined using linear and non-linear methods. The data generated using ozone as a catalyst with heptane was then compared with data collected earlier using hydrogen peroxide as a catalyst with heptane. The results show that ozone does have a positive effect on the thermal oxidation kinetics of n-heptane. The comparison of ozone and hydrogen peroxide shows that although both compounds are effective, ozone is more effective at lower catalyst to voe molar ratios. Also, significant amounts of carbon monoxide were measured in the gasses exiting the reactor.
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Graduation Date
1991
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Cooper, C. David
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Engineering
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Degree Program
Environmental Engineering
Format
Pages
103 p.
Language
English
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Identifier
DP0028107
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Engineering; Engineering -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Hewett, Michael William, "The enhancemnt of n-heptane vapor incineration using ozone and hydrogen peroxide" (1991). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 3850.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/3850
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