期刊
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
卷 66, 期 -, 页码 148-157出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.04.010
关键词
Photocatalytic oxidation; By-products; UVC lamps; VUV lamps; Ozone; Airflow rate
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Circul-Aire, Inc.
Ultraviolet photocatalytic oxidation (UV-PCO) is regarded as one of the promising technologies for air purification. Previous studies on UV-PCO of ethanol were performed in an ideal bench top reactors. However, this research is focused on UV-PCO of ethanol in full-scale open test rig which closely resembles the real application of this technology. Ethanol mineralization was investigated under several conditions including two types of UV-lamps (UVC and VUV) for two different photocatalysts under varied concentrations, airflow rate and relative humidity. In each case, removal efficiency and by-products yield were compared. Furthermore, possible mechanism for by-product formation is presented. Experimental results show that acetaldehyde and formaldehyde are the main by-products of ethanol. VUV lamps increase photocatalytic oxidation of ethanol compared to UVC lamps. The increase of relative humidity decreases UV-PCO of ethanol using both VUV and UVC lamps; however, the yield of by-products in the presence of VUV lamps increases while it decreases in the presence of UVC lamps. Higher flow rate results lower removal efficiency and consequently formation of less by-products. Improvement of reaction section by increasing the number of reactors leads to higher ethanol removal efficiency, less partial oxidation, lower amount of by-products and the complete mineralization of acetaldehyde. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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