Synergistic treatment of SF6 by dielectric barrier discharge/γ-Al2O3 catalysis

SF6 dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) degradation technology has been a hot spot and difficult problem in environmental protection, because SF6 has very high global warming potential and long atmospheric lifetime. To further improve the destruction and removal efficiency and energy yield of SF6 by DBD, the effects of the synergetic degradation of SF6 by dielectric barrier discharge/γ-Al2O3 were studied under different gases and catalyst masses. Ar was the background gas in the reaction. The initial concentration of SF6 was 2%, and the feed gas was water vapor or oxygen. The experimental results showed the evident synergistic effect of a suitable amount of γ-Al2O3 catalyst and DBD plasma on SF6 removal when the water vapor or oxygen was applied. When the catalyst mass was 5 g, the energy density was 43.5 J/mL, and the feed gas was water vapor, the optimal destruction and removal efficiency of discharge catalytic synergistic system reached 90.13%. This value was 15.5% higher than that of individual DBD degradation. Moreover, the energy yield reached 14 g/kWh, which was approximately 21% higher than that without the catalyst.