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High Temperature Material Processes (An International Quarterly of High-Technology Plasma Processes)

An International Journal

ISSN for PRINT: 1093-3611

Institutional price:	$604.00
Issues per year:	4

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2003, Volume7

176 pages

DOI: 10.1615/HighTempMatProc.v7.i4

Issue price - $144.00

THE PLASMA DESTRUKTION OF ODOROUS MOLECULES: ORGANOSULPHUR COMPOUNDS

Imtiaz K. Ahmad
Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

Anna E. Wallis
Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

J. Christopher Whitehead
Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

ABSTRACT

The plasma destruction of methyl mercaptan and dimethyl sulphide has been studied in both nitrogen and air gas streams with a non-thermal, atmospheric pressure discharge using a packed bed of BaTiO₃ beads. Destructions in excess of 85% can be achieved for pollutant concentrations of 30 to 100 ppm with energy costs in the order of 75 to 200 kWh/kg. The detected end-products of the processing are H₂S, HCN, NH₃ in a N₂ stream and SO₂, CH₂O, CO and CO₂ in air. The implications for odour control are discussed.