| Title |
Katalizatorių CuO-(CeO2, La2O3)/nešiklis sintezė, savybės ir taikymas lakiųjų aromatinių junginių šalinimo technologijose / |
| Translation of Title |
Synthesis, properties and application of CuO-(CeO2,La2O3)/support catalaysts in decontamination technologies of volatile aromatic compounds. |
| Authors |
Urbutis, Aurimas |
| Full Text |
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| Pages |
106 |
| Keywords [eng] |
catalysis ; adsorption ; VOC |
| Abstract [eng] |
Anthropogenic volatile organic compounds (VOC) are harmful and cause negative impact on air quality, human health and the surrounding environment. Therefore, VOC removal technologies are significant environmental and chemical engineering problem. Volatile aromatic compounds such as benzene, toluene and xylenes (BTX) are ones of the most difficultly decontaminable substances. The most widely studied decontamination technique of VOC is the heterogeneous catalytic oxidation. CuO is one of the most active single metal oxides in VOC oxidation reactions. La, especially Ce and other rare-earth metals and their oxides have gained interest in low-temperature heterogeneous catalytic processes. CuO-CeO2 and CuO-La2O3 dispersed on high specific surface area support may be used as a dual function material – adsorbent-catalyst. Such system concentrates VOC from contaminated air passing through the adsorptive reactor. The adsorbed VOC are then oxidized into CO2 and water vapor by raising the temperature of the adsorbent-catalyst bed. At low concentrations of contaminants this alternative technology becomes more economical compared to conventional VOC catalytic oxidation. The Aim of the work is to develop supported CuO-CeO2 and CuO-La2O3 catalysts, determine their properties and their usage in complete oxidation technologies of benzene, toluene and o-xylene. |
| Type |
Doctoral thesis |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2015 |
