Journal of Chemistry

Review Article

Recent Development of Catalysts for Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds in Flue Gas by Combustion: A Review

Table 2

Non-noble metal based catalysts in the recent literature.


Catalyst	Active phase concentration (wt%)	VOC concentration (ppm)	VOC total conversion (°C)¹	Gas flow²	Publication year

	50	Toluene 3,500	Around 250	60 mL/min	2004 [60]
CuO/Al₂O₃	5	Toluene 4,000	Around 350	3,600 mL h⁻¹ g⁻¹	2004 [61]
CuCsHY	1.3 Cu, 5.5 Cs	Toluene 800	Below 450	24,200 h⁻¹	2007 [62]
LaCoO₃	20	Benzene 1,700 Toluene 1,700	Around 450 Around 350	60,000 mL h⁻¹ g⁻¹	2007 [63]
MnCu/FeCr Alloy	35 (Mn/Cu ratio 1 : 1) washcoating solution	Toluene 265	Below 350	10,000 h⁻¹	2008 [64]
Mn-CeO₂	25	Toluene 600	Below 260	50 cm³/min	2008 [65]
Cu/Mn-CeO₂	2.54	Benzene 200	350	30,000 mL h⁻¹ g⁻¹	2008 [66]
Cu-Mn/MCM-41	Not reported	Toluene 3,500	Around 350	60 cm³/min	2008 [67]
Mn/Al₂O₃	11.25	Toluene 10000	Around 380	100 mL/min	2009 [68]
Mn₃O₄	Pure phase	Toluene 1,000	Below 250	100 cm³/min	2010 [69]
Ca/Mn₃O₄	0.5	Benzene 2,000 Toluene 2,000	Around 250 Around 270	100 cm³/min	2010 [69]
Na₈₈Al₈₈Si₁₀₄O₃₈₄	Pure phase	o-Xylene 1,360	Around 320	18,000 h⁻¹	2010 [70]
Cu_0.13Ce_0.87	Pure phase	Toluene 1,000	Around 250	90,000 h⁻¹	2011 [21]
Cu-Ce/Al₂O₃	15 Cu, 75 Ce	Toluene 1,000	Around 320	200 cm³/min	2011 [71]
Mn-Ce/Al₂O₃	30 Mn, 40 Ce	Toluene 1,000	Around 320	200 cm³/min	2011 [71]
Cu-Mn/Al₂O₃	10 Cu, 60 Mn	Toluene 1,000	Below 300	200 cm³/min	2011 [71]
CoMn/Activated Carbon	20 (Mn/Co ratio 1.5)	Toluene 10,000 Ethylbenzene 10,000 Benzene 10,000	>98.7% at 250 >90% at 250 <10% at 350	66,000 mL h⁻¹ g⁻¹	2015 [72]

¹The temperatures were extracted from relevant figures given in the literature and exact values are difficult to be presented here.
²Due to the lack of dimension for the reactors used in literature, it is difficult to convert all the gas flow with the same units.