Application of solar photocatalytic oxidation to VOC-containing airstreams
Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently conducted two pilot-scale field tests located at McClellan Air Force Base (AFB) in Sacramento, California and at the Fort Carson US Army Installation in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The objective of the tests was to determine the effectiveness of solar-powered photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) treatment units for destroying emissions of chlorinated organic compounds (trichloroethylene and dichloroethylenes) from an air stripper at ambient temperature and destroying paint solvent emissions (toluene and MEK) from a painting facility at higher temperatures. Their goals for field testing these solar-driven systems was to gather real-world treatability data and establish that the systems maintained performance during the duration of the testing. This paper reports the results of these field tests.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 20030618
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Renewable and advanced energy systems for the 21st Century, Maui, HI (US), 04/11/1999--04/15/1999; Other Information: 1 CD-ROM. Operating system required: Windows i386, i486, Pentium or Pentium Pro, MS Windows 3.1, 95 or NT3.51; Macintosh, Power Macintosh with a 68020 or greater processor, System software version 7.1, 3.5 MB RAM; UNIX; PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Renewable and advanced energy systems for the 21st century, RAES'99: Proceedings, by Hogan, R.; Kim, Y.; Kleis, S.; O'Neal, D.; Tanaka, T. [eds.], [1125] pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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