Abstract
Experimental study the degradation efficiency of toluene by bipolar corona discharge coupled with TiO2 photocatalysis. Bipolar corona discharge can degrade the toluene efficiently and rapidly, the final products are mainly carbon dioxide and water. Toluene removal efficiency reduces when the initial concentration of toluene increasing, while toluene removal quantity is increased. Removal of toluene decreases with the gas flow rate increasing, the removal quantity first increases and then decreases. Bipolar corona discharge and a photocatalytic coupling can inprove the degradation efficiency further. Increase of the applied voltage help to improve the removal of toluene, and also to improve the coupling effect of the photocatalyst. In optimized conditions, the removal efficiency of toluene can be more than 90%. The chemical reaction process of the toluene oxidation and the TiO2 catalysis mechanism are discussed. It is pointed out that the OH* produced by corona discharge has important significance for rapid oxidation of toluene.
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