The major objective of this project was to assess the application of atmospheric
pressure microwave induced plasmas to the control of trichloroethene vapour
emissions from industrial cleaning processes. Laboratory experiments, chemical
modelling and chemical analysis were the three major elements of the project. A
typical stream to be treated, as measured at the project test site, was 60 lmin-1 of air
contaminated with 2 % trichloroethene vapour.
The practical experiments carried out were trichloroethene dissociation by microwave
plasma, propane-assisted microwave plasma and conventional propane combustion.
Flow rates of 4 � 12 lmin-1, trichloroethene concentrations of 0 � 6 % in air and
plasma powers of up to 3 kW were investigated. The processes were simulated using
both equilibrium and kinetic modelling in CHEMKIN. Chemical analysis was done
using gas chromatography with an electron capture detector, with gas
chromatography/mass spectrometry to identify eluted compounds.
The destruction and removal efficiencies, by-products, temperature and robustness of
each process were investigated. A simple economic and environmental analysis was
done, and the results were compared with currently available processes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/216517 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Binner, Eleanor, ebinner@iprimus.com.au |
| Publisher | Swinburne University of Technology. |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | http://www.swin.edu.au/), Copyright Eleanor Binner |
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