Yu-Quan Jin's research while affiliated with Beijing University of Technology and other places

Destruction of hydrogen sulfide using dielectric barrier discharge plasma in a coaxial cylindrical reactor was carried out at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. Three types of DBD reactor were compared in terms of specific energy density (SED), equivalent capacitances of the gap (Cg) and the dielectric barrier (Cd), energy yield (EY), and H2S decomposition. In addition, byproducts during the decomposition of H2S and destruction mechanism were also investigated. SED for all the reactors depended almost linearly on the voltage. In general, Cg decreased with increasing voltage and with the existence of pellet material, while Cd displayed the opposite trend. The removal efficiency of H2S increased substantially with increasing AC frequency and applied voltage. Longer gas residence times also contributed to higher H2S removal efficiency. The choice of pellet material was an important factor influencing the H2S removal. The reactor filled with ceramic Raschig rings had the best H2S removal performance, with an EY of 7.30 g/kWh. The likely main products in the outlet effluent were H2O, SO2, and SO3.Highlights► Destruction of H2S using DBD plasma is studied. ► SED for all the reactors depended almost linearly on the voltage. ► ηH2S increased substantially with increasing AC frequency and applied voltage. ► The reactor filled with ceramic Raschig rings had the best H2S removal performance. ► The likely main products in the outlet effluent were H2O, SO2, and SO3.

Destruction of formaldehyde by means of NaNO2 ferro-electric packed bed dielectric barrier discharge plasma in a coaxial cylindrical reactor was carried out at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. The difference among four kinds of NaNO2 ferro-electric reactors was compared in terms of specific energy density (SED), energy yield (EY), and HCHO decomposition. In addition, by-products during the decomposition of HCHO and destruction mechanism were also investigated. The removal efficiency of HCHO increased by means of NaNO2 DBD plasma significantly and enhanced with increasing SED distinctly. More amount of NaNO2 contributed to higher HCHO removal efficiency in the reactors. Reactor C had the highest HCHO removal efficiency among the reactors. As an important by-product, ozone concentration increased with higher SED. The possible main products in the outlet effluent were CO, CO(2) and H(2)O.

In transient conditions close to the industrialized application situation, the removal of toluene was investigated with a lab-scale bio-trickling filter inoculated with pure bacterial culture (Pseudomonas putida). The start-up process and the ability of resisting different toluene loading in the steady state on the performance of the bio-trickling filter were studied. The microstructure of biofilm in the filter was also observed. With inlet concentration range from 544 to 1044 mg x m(-3) at the temperature ranging from 17 to 26 degrees C, the removal efficiency of toluene was almost 100% at the residence time of 54 s and 43.2 s. The maximum volumetric removal loading of 105.35 g x (m3 x h)(-1) was achieved. The results indicate that it was feasible to remove toluene by Pseudomonas putida which had not be acclimated by toluene. In the steady state, the bio-trickling filter had a high flexibility for the load change and the removal efficiency of the reactor was not influenced by the variance of residence time and inlet concentration. The rapid increase of biofilm can be controlled by adjusting the interval of nutrition liquid accession. There were some changes in bacterial community, and lots of micro-pore existed in the biofilm. It was proved that the absorption of the biofilm was an important precondition for the biodegradation of toluene.