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TRICHLOROETHYLENE SORPTION AND OXIDATION USING A DUAL FUNCTION SORBENT/CATALYST IN A FALLING FURNACE REACTOR
Citation:
Atwood, G., H. Greene, P. Chintawar, R. Rachapudi, B. Ramachandran, AND C. Vogel*. TRICHLOROETHYLENE SORPTION AND OXIDATION USING A DUAL FUNCTION SORBENT/CATALYST IN A FALLING FURNACE REACTOR. APPLIED CATALYSIS B: ENVIRONMENTAL 18(1-2):51-61, (1998).
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Published Journal Article
Description:
A dual function medium (Cr-ZSM-5), capable of physisorbing trichloroethylene (TCE) at ambient temperature and catalytically oxidizing it at elevated temperature (-350 degrees C) was utilized in a novel continuous falling furnace reactor system to store and periodically destroy this chlorinated volatile organic compound. For inlet feed streams between 50 and 1600 ppm of TCE in humid air, overall destruction levels were typically above 99%. Also, since the falling furnace system required heating only during the desorption/reaction portion of the process (5-10% of the cycle time), energy comparison with conventional catalytic reactors is extremely favorable.