A spectroscopic study of ethylene destruction and by-product generation using a three-stage atmospheric packed-bed plasma reactor

Using a three-stage dielectric packed-bed plasma reactor at atmospheric pressure, the destruction of ethylene, a typical volatile organic compound, and the generation of major by-products have been studied by means of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. A test gas mixture air at a gas flow of 1 slm containing 0.12% humidity with 0.1% ethylene has been used. In addition to the fragmentation of the precursor gas, the evolution of the concentration of ten stable reaction products, CO, CO2, O3, NO2, N2O, HCN, H2O, HNO3, CH2O, and CH2O2 has been monitored. The concentrations of the by-products range between 5 ppm, in the case of NO2, and 1200 ppm, for H2O. By the application of three sequentially working discharge cells at a frequency of f = 4 kHz and voltage values between 9 and 12 kV, a nearly complete decomposition of C2H4 could be achieved. Furthermore, the influence of the specific energy deposition (SED) on the destruction process has been studied and the maximum value of SED was about 900 J l−1. Th...

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