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Department of Chemistry, Plasma Research Laboratory, Ravenshaw University, Cuttcak, India

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• Research Article   
  A Non-Thermal Plasma Synergized Supported by Catalytic Investigation and Computational Analysis of the Degradation Mechanism of Chloro Containing Volatile Organic Compounds
  Author(s): Rajesh Kumar Mahanta, Pranita Panda and Smrutiprava Das*
  
  Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), particularly the chlorine containing organic compounds, are regarded as the most dangerous pollutants due to qualities such as toxicity, carcinogenicity, diffusivity, and volatility, which have a negative impact on human health and the environment. Abatement of Cl group containing VOCs to less hazardous and industrially usable compounds is a unique way to reducing VOC related concerns. Non Thermal Plasma (NTP) assisted catalysis is the ideal technology for the efficient abatement of Cl VOCs because it is more selective, energy efficient, and requires no solvent at relatively mild circumstances than other degrading methods. For this work, we chose three distinct chloro-containing gaseous pollutants, such as chlorobenzene, O-Dichlorobenzene, and dichloromethane, to assess their efficiency and mechanism with respect to catalyst by a coaxial DBD reactor... View More»
  DOI: 10.35841/2161-0398.24.14.411

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