Abstract
Fluorinated compounds mainly used in the semiconductor industry are potent greenhouse gases. Recently, thermal plasma gas scrubbers have been gradually replacing conventional burn-wet type gas scrubbers which are based on the combustion of fossil fuels because high conversion efficiency and control of byproduct generation are achievable in chemically reactive high temperature thermal plasma. Chemical equilibrium composition at high temperature and numerical analysis on a complex thermal flow in the thermal plasma decomposition system are used to predict the process of thermal decomposition of fluorinated gas. In order to increase economic feasibility of the thermal plasma decomposition process, increase of thermal efficiency of the plasma torch and enhancement of gas mixing between the thermal plasma jet and waste gas are discussed. In addition, noble thermal plasma systems to be applied in the thermal plasma gas treatment are introduced in the present paper.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 21-32 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Nuclear Engineering and Technology |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering