Laboratory Studies of Nitrogen Oxide Removal by Pulsed Streamer Corona

Abstract

Pulsed streamer corona treatment is an advanced oxidation technology using a non thermal plasma that produces hydroxyl radicals, hydrogen peroxide, and aqueous electrons, all of which react with water-borne organic contaminants in the removal process. Pulsed streamer corona is an electrical discharge created by applying a continual series of sustainable, short lived, high voltage pulses to a smaller diameter metallic electrode. This discharge creates an electric field between a point-to-plane electrode geometry within a batch reactor containing organic contaminants in deionized water. This process is applied to the removal of nitrogen oxides. This research documents the reactions and reaction products that are produced in the pulsed streamer corona reactor and the optimization of the pulsed streamer corona reactor process for this purpose.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1995
Accession Number
ADA373459

Entities

People

  • Kalyana Swaminathan
  • Robert R. Locke
  • Wright C. Finney

Organizations

  • Applied Research Associates (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • High Voltage
  • Ionization
  • Liquids
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Oxidation
  • Oxides
  • Oxygen
  • Voltage

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics