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Treatment of Volatile Organic Compounds(VOCs) in Air Streams by A Full-scale Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer

In this study, a pilot-scale Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) was used to test its performance for volatile organic compound (VOC) destruction and degree of thermal energy conservation. The RTO is electrically heated and contains two 0.5 m ¡Ñ 0.5 m ¡Ñ 2.0 m (L ¡Ñ W ¡Ñ H) columns both packed with gravel particles of 1.0 cm in diameter to a height of 1.4 m. The bed has a void fraction of 0.415.
The purpose of this study is to establish the influencing operating conditions and to improve the technique for further applications. Experiments include two phases: (1) energy conservation test with no VOC in the influent air stream , and (2) VOC destruction test with influent air streams containing one of the three VOCs: isopropyl alcohol, acetone, and xylene.
Phase 1 experiments were conducted in the maximum gravel temperatures (Tmax) of 402-704 oC, superficial gas velocities (Ug, evaluated at ambient temperatures of 25-30 oC) of 0.15-0.50 m/s, and bed shift times (ts) of 0.5-2.0 min. Results indicate that the temperature raise (

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0710101-165027
Date10 July 2001
CreatorsShen, Ming-Tsung
ContributorsRu Yang, Xi-Xun Hong, Ming-Shean Chou, Kang-Shin Chen
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0710101-165027
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