Oxidation of S（IV） in Seawater by Pulsed High Voltage Discharge Plasma with TiO2_Ti Electrode as Catalyst.pdfVIP

PlasmaScienceandTechnology，Vo1．15，No．12，Dec．2013 OxidationofS(IV)inSeawaterbyPulsedHighVoltageDischarge PlasmawithTiO2／TiElectrodeasCatalyst GONGJianying(巩建英)，ZHANGXingwang(张兴旺)，WANGXiaoping(王小平) LEILecheng(雷乐成) InstituteofIndustrialEcology andEnvironment，DepartmentofChemicaland Biological Engineering，ZhejiangUniversity,Hangzhou310027，China AbstractOxidationofS(IV)toS(VI)intheeffluentofafluegasdesulfurization(FGD)sys— tem isvery criticalforindustrialapplicationsofseawaterFGD．Thispaperreportsapulsed coronadischargeoxidationprocesscombinedwithaTi02photocatalysttoconvertS(IV1to S(VI)inartificialseawater．ExperimentalresultsshowthattheoxidationofS(IV)inartificial seawaterisenhanced in thepulsed dischargeplasmaprocessthrough theapplication ofTiO2 coatingelectrodes．Theoxidationrateofs(iv)usingTimetalasagroundelectrodeisabout 2．0x10一 molL· m·in一．theoxidationrateusingTiO2／Tielectrodepreparedbyannealingat 500。C inairis4．5x10一 mo1．L一 ．min一 ．anincreasewithafactor2．25．Theannealingtemper— atureofrpreparingTiO2／TielectrodehasastrongeffectontheoxidationofS(IV)inartificial seawater．Theresultsofin—situemissionspectroscopicanalysisshow thatchemicallyactivespecies (i．e．hydroxylradicalsandoxygenradicals)areproducedinthepulseddischargeplasmaprocess． Comparedwiththetraditionalairoxidationprocessandthesoleplasma-inducedoxidationprocess， thecombinedapplicationofTiO2photocata1ystsandapulsedhigh—voltageelectricaldischarge processisusefulinenhancingtheenergyandconversionefficiencyofS(IV)ofrtheseawaterFGD system ． Keywords：pulsedhigh—voltageelectricaldischarge，titanium dioxide，energyefficiency， oxidativespeci