benzofurans and vanadium-pentoxide

The mixture of V2O5-WO3/TiO2 catalyst and two kinds of Activated Carbons (AC) (AC-1: based on lignite; AC-2: based on coconut shell) was used to destroy gas phase PCDD/Fs with high concentration (9. 80 ng.m-3, evaluated by international toxic equivalence quantity (I-TEQ) under low thermal temperature (160°C) based on a dioxin generating system. After mixing with AC, removal efficiency (RE) and destruction efficiency (DE) of PCDD/Fs increased by 20% compared with only catalyst condition. In comparison with mixture of AC based on coconut shell, mixture of AC based on lignite had lower RE-values and higher DE-values. The adjustments of the ratio of catalyst and AC could cause the different degradation effects, and RE-values increased and DE-values decreased with increasing proportions of catalyst. When the volume fraction of oxygen was 0% in experimental atmosphere, catalyst could lose its activity and most PCDD/Fs were not oxidized but adsorbed by the mixture. RE and DE-values increased with increasing content of oxygen. The addition of ozone (concentration of 200 mg.m-3) could improve catalytic oxidation effects to a certain degree. However, ozone might react with AC, which could influence the lifetime of the mixture. Under 200°C, the mixture with proportion of AC: catalyst = 1:1 and in the present of 200 mg.m-3 ozone conditions, the highest RE and DE-value were obtained with 98. 0% and 94. 8% respectively, and the concentration of PCDD/Fs residual in off-gas was only 0. 51 ng.m-3 evaluated by I-TEQ.

Topics: Adsorption; Benzofurans; Catalysis; Charcoal; Oxidation-Reduction; Oxides; Ozone; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; Polymers; Titanium; Tungsten; Vanadium Compounds

The catalytic oxidation of PCDD/Fs (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans) vapors was studied in a temperature range of 180-220°C on a honeycomb V2O5-TiO2-based catalyst, in the presence and the absence of ozone. A stable dioxin-generating system was established to support the experimental program and this system could adjust the concentration of PCDD/Fs by injecting appropriate mother liquors. At 220°C the removal efficiency(1) (RE) of PCDD/Fs reaches up to 97% and the degradation efficiency (DE) up to 90%. Both values diminish at lower operating temperatures. In the presence of ozone, however, these values rise to 99% and 98% at 220°C. Especially at low temperatures the effect of ozone is obvious. Catalytic oxidation with ozone thus offers a low-temperature solution to achieve higher rates and low activation energies. The morphology and microstructure of the catalysts changes after ozone treatment and some of their characteristics seem closely related with DE-values.

Topics: Benzofurans; Catalysis; Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; Environmental Pollutants; Oxidation-Reduction; Ozone; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; Temperature; Titanium; Vanadium Compounds

Development of effective PCDD/F (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran) control technologies is essential for environmental engineers and researchers. In this study, a PCDD/F-containing gas stream generating system was developed to investigate the efficiency and effectiveness of innovative PCDD/F control technologies. The system designed and constructed can stably generate the gas stream with the PCDD/F concentration ranging from 1.0 to 100ng TEQ Nm(-3) while reproducibility test indicates that the PCDD/F recovery efficiencies are between 93% and 112%. This new PCDD/F-containing gas stream generating device is first applied in the investigation of the catalytic PCDD/F control technology. The catalytic decomposition of PCDD/Fs was evaluated with two types of commercial V(2)O(5)-WO(3)/TiO(2)-based catalysts (catalyst A and catalyst B) at controlled temperature, water vapor content, and space velocity. 84% and 91% PCDD/F destruction efficiencies are achieved with catalysts A and B, respectively, at 280 degrees C with the space velocity of 5000h(-1). The results also indicate that the presence of water vapor inhibits PCDD/F decomposition due to its competition with PCDD/F molecules for adsorption on the active vanadia sites for both catalysts. In addition, this study combined integral reaction and Mars-Van Krevelen model to calculate the activation energies of OCDD and OCDF decomposition. The activation energies of OCDD and OCDF decomposition via catalysis are calculated as 24.8kJmol(-1) and 25.2kJmol(-1), respectively.

Topics: Air Pollutants; Air Pollution; Benzofurans; Catalysis; Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; Dioxins; Gases; Oxides; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; Temperature; Titanium; Tungsten; Vanadium Compounds; Water