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Methane, Propene and Toluene Oxidation by Plasma-Pd/γ-Al2O3 Hybrid Reactor: Investigation of a Synergetic Effect

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The combination of a sub-microsecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharge with Pd/γ-Al2O3 catalyst was investigated for the oxidation of low concentration of methane, propene, and toluene in air at atmospheric pressure. The systematic comparison of the plasma-catalysis with the thermal-catalysis and the plasma-alone have been made for temperature window of 20–400 °C and energy deposition in the range 23–148 J L−1. To emphasis the reactivity of plasma produced species on the activation of the catalyst, two reactor configurations were used [in-plasma catalysis (IPC), and post-plasma catalysis (PPC)]. Fourier transform infrared spectrometer was used to follow the VOCs conversion and to quantify the mineralized products. The plasma-catalyst combination leads to higher VOCs conversion and decreases the catalyst activation temperature in both IPC and PPC configurations. For hybrid system, the light-off temperature is always lower than those observed for catalytic oxidation. In addition, the formation of the by-products such as formaldehyde, formic acid, and ozone was reduced significantly. A significant synergetic effect of hybrid plasma-catalytic system is not really observed in the presence of CH4 and C3H6. However, for C7H8 oxidation the synergetic effect was demonstrated at low temperature (<150 °C) for the IPC configuration.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge S. Gil and A. Giroir-Fendler, IRCELYON, for assistance in catalysts analysis and the fruitful discussions.

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  1. Institut of Applied Material Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 1 Mac Dinh Chi, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    T. Pham Huu

  2. GREMI-UMR 7344, CNRS-Université d’Orléans, 14 rue d’Issoudun, BP 6744, 45067, Orléans Cedex 02, France

    L. Sivachandiran & A. Khacef

  3. UPMC Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7190, Institut Jean Le Rond d’Alembert, Sorbonne Universités, 2 place de la gare de ceinture, 78210, Saint Cyr l’école, France

    P. Da Costa

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Pham Huu, T., Sivachandiran, L., Da Costa, P. et al. Methane, Propene and Toluene Oxidation by Plasma-Pd/γ-Al2O3 Hybrid Reactor: Investigation of a Synergetic Effect. Top Catal 60, 326–332 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-016-0619-6

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