Research Article

Comparison of the Effects of Fluidized-Bed and Fixed-Bed Reactors in Microwave-Assisted Catalytic Decomposition of TCE by Hydrogen

Table 1

TCE decomposing results over different catalysts and different reactor modes.

CatalystReaction system TCE decomposition ratio

NiFixed bed1.7%
Fluidized bed18.0%
10% Ni/Al2O3Fixed bed30.0%
Fluidized bed6.2%
10% Ni/SiO2Fixed bed10.4%
Fluidized bed0.6%
FeFixed bed 0.5%
Fluidized bed1.0%
10% Fe/Al2O3Fixed bed0.4%
Fluidized bed0.1%
10% Fe/SiO2Fixed bed0
Fluidized bed0
CoFixed bed 0.6%
Fluidized bed2.0%
10% Co/Al2O3Fixed bed13.3%
Fluidized bed1.6%
10% Co/SiO2Fixed bed0
Fluidized bed0