Combustion of volatile organic compounds on a MnCu catalyst

CAMPESI, M. AGUSTINA; MARIANI JAVIER; PRAMPARO MARIA; BARBERO BIBIANA P.; CADUS LUIS E.; MARTINEZ OSVALDO; BARRETO GUILLERMO

Congreso; 2nd Internacional Symposium on Air Pollution Abatement Catalysis (APAC 2010).; 2010

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from several industrial processes are an important class of air pollutant. Particularly, printing industries employ two of these VOCs, namely ethanol and / or ethyl acetate as solvent. Therefore, its emissions to air must be treated. Catalytic combustion is one of the most developed methods to destroy this type of VOCs [1]. There is a continuous effort in the research of new catalytic materials, searching for catalyst of low cost and with high activity at low temperature. Recently, efficient catalysts of Mn and Cu have been developed [2, 3]. The objective of this contribution is to present a kinetic study of ethanol combustion on a MnCu catalyst with the aim of attains its reaction rate expressions and kinetic parameters.