DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A CATALYTIC MEMBRANE  FOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND COMBUSTION

MN Kajama; Y Yildirim

doi:10.4314/njt.374.1861

DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A CATALYTIC MEMBRANE FOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND COMBUSTION

Authors

MN Kajama DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI, MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE, NIGERIA
Y Yildirim DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, BULENT ECEVIT UNIVERSITY, ZONGULDAK, TURKEY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.374.1861

Keywords:

catalytic membrane, volatile organic compounds, organic combustion, platinum-alumina

Abstract

Platinum-alumina (Pt/?-Al₂O₃)catalytic membranes were obtained using the reservoir technique for the combustion of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM-EDXA) observation, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) measurement and gas permeation. Propane (C₃H₈) and n-butane (C₄H₁₀) combustion was obtained. Maximum VOC conversion for propane and n-butane of 93 and 48 (%) was achieved on 3.52wt% Pt catalyst at a temperature of 427 and 259 (⁰C) and flow rates of between 185-222 and 295-379 (ml/min) without any changes in conversion. The combustion results of C₃H₈and C₄H₁₀corroborate with literature on Pt/?-Al₂O₃catalysts. The conversion was achieved using flow-through catalytic membrane reactor operating in the Knudsen flow regime.

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v37i4.18

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Published

2018-09-30

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 4 (2018)

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Chemical, Industrial, Materials, Mechanical, Metallurgical, Petroleum & Production Engineering

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DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A CATALYTIC MEMBRANE FOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND COMBUSTION. (2018). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 37(4), 981-988. https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.374.1861