Research on Decomposition of Toluene Using Adsorption Combined with Non-Thermal Plasma

The paper made a research on synergetic effect of gaseous toluene decomposition using dielectric barrier discharge plasma and adsorption. A systematic investigation on toluene removal efficiency and ozone byproduct generation was done using different types of fillers. The mixed fillers were found to be promising as ideal fillers. In terms of toluene removal efficiency, mixed fillers of zeolite and ceramic rings was the highest, around 97%, next is zeolite, then followed by ceramic rings and no filler-packed. Among the tested fillers, mixed fillers showed the least amount of ozone generation. For practical use of mixed fillers, it's preferable to operate at 18kV than 20 kV, avoiding forming more undesirable O-3 byproduct on achieving the same toluene removal effect.