Mechanisms for formation of organic and inorganic by-products and their control in nonthermal plasma chemical processing of VOCs

This paper presents the major by-products derived from Nonthermal Plasma (NTP) chemical processing of different types of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), mechanisms for their formation, effects of reactor types and additives such as water and gaseous oxygen on by-product distribution, and safe operations of NTP reactors for the removal of VOCs.

Keywords: VOC removal, volatile organic compounds, NTP, nonthermal plasma, by-products, mechanism, suppression, VOCs, dielectric barrier discharge reactors