Excellent toluene removal via adsorption by honeycomb adsorbents under high temperature and humidity conditions

Cho, Min-Whee; Kim, Jong-Jin; Jeong, Jeong Min; Yim, Bongbeen; Lee, Hyun-Jae; Yoo, Yoonjong

doi:10.4491/eer.2018.444

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“…VOCs are emitted by various solids and liquids in our living and working environments and high concentrations or long-term exposure pose a significant health risk [2]. Methods investigated to reduce VOCs involve adsorption [3][4][5][6], photocatalytic decomposition [7,8], catalytic oxidation [1,2,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15], and non-thermal plasma. A disadvantage of adsorption methods is the necessity for the periodic post-process treatment of spent adsorbents involving the desorption of captured VOCs or regeneration of the adsorbent [16,17].…”

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Thermal catalytic device for toluene decomposition via direct heating

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Ahn

Kim

et al. 2022

Environmental Engineering Research

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A thermal catalytic device that reduces the energy required for the catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was developed. The catalytic oxidation of VOCs is typically performed under indirect heating conditions resulting in high energy consumption. The proposed device drastically decreases the energy consumed and increases the amount of toluene decomposed during catalytic oxidation because the catalysts are heated directly via a carbon nanotube (CNT) element. The proposed device consists of a glass-fiber textile coated in CNTs, α-MnO2 nanostructures, and Pt nanostructures. The effect of different α-MnO2 nanostructures (granular and urchin-like) on device performance was investigated. Moreover, the effect of each device component on the toluene decomposition efficiency and energy consumption of the device was explored by determining the toluene concentration of gaseous toluene after the catalytic oxidation process and the associated energy consumption. The device featuring urchin-like α-MnO2 nanostructures coated in a thin layer of Pt achieves higher toluene decomposition efficiency than the device featuring granular α-MnO2 nanostructures coated in Pt nanoparticles. Moreover, the device featuring urchin-like α-MnO2 nanostructures coated in a thin Pt layer achieves higher toluene decomposition efficiency and lower energy consumption under direct heating conditions than under conventional indirect heating conditions.

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