Biodiesel Exhaust Treatment with Dielectric Barrier Discharges Coupled with Industrial Waste Byproducts

Bhattacharyya, Anusuya and Rajanikanth, BS (2015) Biodiesel Exhaust Treatment with Dielectric Barrier Discharges Coupled with Industrial Waste Byproducts. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION, 22 (4). pp. 1879-1886.

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Abstract

Biodiesel run engines are gaining popularity since the last few years as a viable alternative to conventional petro-diesel based engines. In biodiesel exhaust the content of volatile organic compounds, oil mist, and mass of particulate matter is considerably lower. However, the concentration of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) is relatively higher. In this paper the biodiesel exhaust from a stationary engine is treated under controlled laboratory conditions for removal of NOx using dielectric barrier discharge plasma in cascade with adsorbents prepared from abundantly available industrial waste byproducts like red mud and copper slag. Results were compared with gamma-alumina, a commercial adsorbent. Two different dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactors were tested for their effectiveness under Repetitive pulses /AC energization. NOx removal as high as 80% was achieved with pulse energized reactors when cascaded with red mud as adsorbent.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION
Publisher:	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141 USA
Keywords:	NOx removal; biodiesel; dielectric barrier discharge; gamma alumina; copper slag; red mud; industrial waste byproducts
Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Engineering
Date Deposited:	11 Sep 2015 04:54
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2015 04:54
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/52333

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