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15 1ȣ, March 2016
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ISSN : 2288-9167 (Print)
ISSN : 2288-923X (Online)
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Application of a wet-type non-thermal plasma for the removal
of odorous compounds emitted from a vacuum evaporator
in the treatment of acid metal-plating wastewater
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Abstracts
The metal plating industry produces a large amount of wastewater generally containing heavy metals with various
chemical compounds; as such, treating the wastewater is both an environmental and an economic challenge. A
vacuum evaporation system has been developed to effectively reduce the volume of plating wastewater. However,
the gas stream discharged from the distillation unit of the evaporator is often contaminated with high concentrations
of odorous compounds such as ammonia and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS). In this study, a non-thermal plasma
process operated in wet conditions was applied to remove the odorous compounds, and it showed high removal
efficiencies of greater than 99% for ammonia and 95% for DMDS. However, the gas flowrate more substantially
affected the efficiency of ammonia removal than the efficiency of DMDS removal, because the higher the gas
flowrate, the shorter the contact time between the odorous compound and the mist particles in the wet plasma
reactor. The analyses of the maximum removal capacity indicated that the wet non-thermal plasma system was
effective for treating the odorous compounds at a loading rate of less than 20 mg/m3/min even though the lowest
amount of electrical power was applied. Therefore, the wet-type non-thermal plasma system is expected alleviate
to effectively abate the odor problem of the vacuum evaporator used in the treatment of plating wastewater.
Keywords : Odor, Odor removals, Plating wastewater, Vacuum evaporation, Wet-type non-thermal plasma