User guide Site map Quick Search Athens Institutional login IOP login Password Create account Alerts Contact us Journals Home Journals List EJs Extra This Journal Search Authors Referees Librarians User Options Help Previous article Next article This volume This issue Content finder Catalytic Effect of activated carbon and activated carbon Fiber in Non Equilibrium Plasma Based Water Treatment Zhang Yanzong et al 2008 Plasma Sci Technol 10 358 362 doi 10 1088 1009 0630 10 3 18 PDF 406 KB References Zhang Yanzong 1 Zheng Jingtang 1 Qu Xianfeng 1 Yu Weizhao 1 and Chen Honggang 1 1 State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing China University of Petroleum Dongying 257061 China E mail zyz1000 163 com Zhang Yanzong Abstract Catalysis and regeneration efficiency of granular activated carbon GAC and activated carbon fiber ACF were investigated in a non equilibrium plasma water treatment reactor with a combination of pulsed streamer discharge and GAC or ACF The experimental results show that the degradation efficiency of methyl orange MO by the combined treatment can increase 22 for GAC and 24 for ACF respectively compared to pulsed discharge treatment alone indicating that the combined treatment has a synergetic effect The MO degradation efficiency by the combined treatment with pulsed discharge and saturated GAC or ACF can increase 12 and 17 respectively compared to pulsed discharge treatment alone Both GAC and ACF show catalysis and the catalysis of ACF is prominent Meanwhile the regeneration of GAC and ACF are realized in this process When H 2 O 2 is introduced into the system the utilization efficiency of ozone and ultraviolet light is improved and the regeneration efficiency of GAC and ACF is also increased Keywords non equilibrium plasma water treatment activated carbon activated carbon fiber catalytic effect PACS numbers 52 77 j 82 65 r Print publication Issue 3 June 2008 Received 13 April 2007 Post to CiteUlike Post to Connotea Post to Bibsonomy Find related articles By author Zhang Yanzong Zheng Jingtang Qu Xia