Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species by Surface Discharge Plasma for Enhancing the Oxidation of Ammonium Sulfite

Abstract

Surface discharge plasma was used to activate air to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) for promoting the oxidation of ammonium sulfite by air forced oxidation method. The effect of applied voltage and the air speed in discharge reactor on the generation of ozone as well as the oxidation kinetic of ammonium sulfite were analyzed and discussed. The ozone concentration increased with the discharge voltage, but decreased with the air speed, and a maximum mass of generated ozone was obtained at air speed of 15 m/s. Compared with air forced oxidation, the oxidation kinetic constant of ammonium sulfite by ROS injection had an increase by 2.67-fold, and the oxidation of ammonium sulfite followed a pseudo zero order kinetics. An increase in air speed accelerated the oxidation of ammonium sulfite, and the oxidation kinetic constant of ammonium sulfite was increased by 5-fold when the air speed increased by 2-fold.