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Potential of Combustion Processes to Reduce Toxic Workplace Load
Abstract Category: Engineering
Course / Degree: Quality, Safety and Environment
Institution / University: Otto-Von Guericke University, Germany
Published in: 2007
The potential of combustion processes using a suitable catalyst to destroy or reduce toxic and hazardous workplace loads and protect workers from potential exposures to hazards was investigated. Toxic and hazardous substances particularly chlorine-containing pollutants are known to be stable and at present the main industrial process for their destruction involves thermal oxidation at very high temperatures which is an expensive process and can lead to the formation of highly toxic by-products such as dioxins and dibenzofurans. One major class of toxic and hazardous loads in the chemical and process industries is Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and the potential of catalytic oxidation of VOCs was investigated.
The catalytic oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) using catalysts which were based on previous metals was investigated. The Analysis and comparison of previously used catalysts such as metal oxide and noble metal based catalysts were also investigated. Results showed that most of them were rapidly deactivated by organochlorine compounds and had low conversions. However, it was found out that catalysts based on Uranium Oxide efficiently destroys a wide range of hydrocarbons and chlorine-containing pollutants such as volatile organic compounds(VOCs) and chlorinated Organic Compounds at moderate temperatures (400oc).
Thesis Keywords/Search Tags:
catalytic combustion of VOC, VOC combustion
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Submission Details: Thesis Abstract submitted by Osawaru Lambert from Germany on 24-Sep-2008 21:32.
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