Catalysts for decomposing ozone tail gas

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Liu, Chang-an | Sun, De-zhi | Wang, Hui | Li, Wei

Affiliations: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

Abstract: The preparation of immobilizing-catalysts for decomposing ozone by using dipping method was studied. XRD, XPS and TEM were used to characterize the catalysts. The three kinds of catalysts were selected preferentially, and their catalytic activities were investigated. The results showed that the catalyst with activated carbon dipping acetate (active components are Mn:Cu = 3:2, active component proportion in catalyst is 15%, calcination temperature is 200°C) has the best catalytic activity for ozone decomposing. One gram of catalyst can decompose 17.6 g ozone at initial ozone concentration of 2.5 g/m3 and the residence time in reactor of 0.1 s. The experimental results also indicated that humidity of reaction system had negative effect on catalytic activity.

Keywords: ozone tail gas, catalytic decomposition, immobilizing-catalyst, MnO2, CuO

Journal: Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 779-782, 2003