Journal
RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
Volume 144, Issue -, Pages 367-372Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.09.024
Keywords
Electron beam; Ultra-fine bubble; Toluene; VOC; Ozone
Funding
- Nuclear R & D program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
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Although, until quite recently, many technologies (electron beam (EB), plasma, and ultraviolet) have been studied to overcome disadvantages of conventional methods (such as absorption, adsorption, biofiltration and incineration) for treatment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), their techniques still have some problems such as formation of a by-product. Generally, it is reported that various by-products are generated from the EB irradiation process to remove VOCs. Therefore, we developed an electron beam/ultra-fine bubble (EB/UB) hybrid system to enhance removal efficiency of a VOC (toluene) and to reduce its by-products formed by electron beam irradiation. As a result, the removal efficiency of toluene (30 ppm) by only EB (10 kGy) was 80.1%. However, the removal efficiency of toluene using the hybrid system (water temperature: 5 degrees C) was increased up to 17% when compared to only EB (10 kGy). Additionally, the 65.2% of ozone formed from the EB process was removed in UB reactor. In case of other trace by-products such as undesired VOCs and aldehydes, the levels were lowered down to the below detection limit by the subsequent UB reactor. We also found that the amount of toluene collected and solubilized into water is affected by the water temperature in the UB reactor.
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