Mechanical-biological treatments (MBTs) of urban waste are growing in popularity in many European countries. Recent studies pointed out that their contribution in terms of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other air pollutants is not negligible. Compared to classical removal technologies, non-thermal plasmas (NTP) showed better performances and low energy consumption when applied to treat lowly concentrated streams. Therefore, to study the feasibility of the application of NTP to MBTs, a Dielectric Barrier Discharge reactor was applied to treat a mixture of air and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), to simulate emissions from MBTs. The removal efficiency of MEK was linearly dependent upon time, power and specific input energy. Only 2-4% of MEK was converted to carbon dioxide (CO2), the remaining carbon being involved in the formation of byproducts (methyl nitrate and 2,3-butanedione, especially). For future development of pilot-scale reactors, acting on residence time, power, convective flow and catalysts will help finding a compromise between energy consumption, desired abatement and selectivity to CO2.

Effluents from MBT plants: Plasma techniques for the treatment of VOCs / Ragazzi, Marco; Tosi, Paolo; Rada, Elena Cristina; V., Torretta; Schiavon, Marco. - In: WASTE MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 0956-053X. - STAMPA. - 2014, 23:11(2014), pp. 2400-2406. [10.1016/j.wasman.2014.07.026]

Effluents from MBT plants: Plasma techniques for the treatment of VOCs

Ragazzi, Marco;Tosi, Paolo;Rada, Elena Cristina;Schiavon, Marco
2014-01-01

Abstract

Mechanical-biological treatments (MBTs) of urban waste are growing in popularity in many European countries. Recent studies pointed out that their contribution in terms of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other air pollutants is not negligible. Compared to classical removal technologies, non-thermal plasmas (NTP) showed better performances and low energy consumption when applied to treat lowly concentrated streams. Therefore, to study the feasibility of the application of NTP to MBTs, a Dielectric Barrier Discharge reactor was applied to treat a mixture of air and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), to simulate emissions from MBTs. The removal efficiency of MEK was linearly dependent upon time, power and specific input energy. Only 2-4% of MEK was converted to carbon dioxide (CO2), the remaining carbon being involved in the formation of byproducts (methyl nitrate and 2,3-butanedione, especially). For future development of pilot-scale reactors, acting on residence time, power, convective flow and catalysts will help finding a compromise between energy consumption, desired abatement and selectivity to CO2.
2014
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Ragazzi, Marco; Tosi, Paolo; Rada, Elena Cristina; V., Torretta; Schiavon, Marco
Effluents from MBT plants: Plasma techniques for the treatment of VOCs / Ragazzi, Marco; Tosi, Paolo; Rada, Elena Cristina; V., Torretta; Schiavon, Marco. - In: WASTE MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 0956-053X. - STAMPA. - 2014, 23:11(2014), pp. 2400-2406. [10.1016/j.wasman.2014.07.026]
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