Review Article

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

Table 1

Catalytic performance comparison of various noble metals loaded catalysts.

CatalystActive phase concentration (wt%)VOC concentration (ppm)VOC total conversion (°C)1Gas flow2Publication year

Pt/SDB3Toluene 44215021,000 h−11998 [25]
Pd/HFAU0.2o-Xylene 1,700Around 28018,000 h−11999 [31]
Au/Fe2O38.2Toluene 7,000Around 4007.6 × 10−3 mol h−1 g−12000 [40]
Au/CeO2/Al2O32.50Benzene 250Around 2809,700 h−12002 [41]
Au/Al2O31.91Benzene 250Around 2909,700 h−12002 [41]
Pd/zeolite2.3Benzene 10,000Around 25060,000 h−12003 [37]
Au/CeO25.0Toluene 7,000Around 3907.6 × 10−3 mol h−1 g−12003 [42]
Ag/HY zeolite3.4Toluene 1,0002906000 h−12004 [53]
Pt/zeolite0.5o-Xylene 210Around 35076 mL/min2007 [27]
Ag/Nano-MnO25Benzene 2,000Around 400100 mL/min2011 [54]
Au/3DOM LaCoO37.63Toluene 1,000Around 19020,000 h−12013 [43]
Pd/CeTi1.5Toluene 1,000Around 250100 mL/min2014 [34]
Au/CeTi3Toluene 1,000Around 350100 mL/min2014 [34]

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.