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Plasma remediation for petroleum pollution of the sea

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This paper is concerned about the application of glow discharge plasma for the remediation of petroleum pollution of the sea. We used diesel fuel as the processing target and conducted a series of lab-scale studies. Several factors including the discharge voltage, gas flow rate, the concentration of NaCl, initial temperature, and initial concentration of diesel fuel can influence the performance of glow discharge plasma systems on removal efficiency of diesel fuel. To determine the optimal reaction conditions, the diesel degradation rate and energy efficiency were calculated. The experiment result for 2178 mg/L diesel fuel solution treatment was that removal efficiency of 93.3% was achieved after 12 min treatment with the energy yield of 17 g (kWh)−1. Higher voltage leads to larger removal efficiency, while the energy yield may be reduced. The removal efficiency of diesel fuel reached the maximum at the gas flow rate factor 700 mL/min, decreased with an increase in gas flow rate, and became a minimum value when the gas flow rate is 1000 mL/min as a result of the unstable discharge. Decreasing the concentration of sodium chloride can cause an increase in the removal efficiency of diesel fuel, because the conductivity tended to significantly increase the degradation efficiency. Moreover, temperature and initial concentration are demonstrated to have little influence on the rate constant, but higher initial concentration favors higher energy efficiency. During the remediation of diesel fuel, pH decreases to 2.76, while the conductivity of the solution and temperature are increased, especially for the temperature, which has an increase from 25 °C to 63 °C.

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The project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61871409)

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    ZiKe Qiu, ZhiXing Mo, Meng Li & ChangMing Du

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Qiu, Z., Zhang, Z., Mo, Z. et al. Plasma remediation for petroleum pollution of the sea. Waste Dispos. Sustain. Energy 3, 73–81 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42768-020-00066-5

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