Author(s)

Shin-Ichiro Kojima^1,2*, Keiko Katayama-Hirayama², Tetsuya Akitsu²

¹Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan.
²Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Japan.

Degradation of 2,6-dibromophenol (2,6-DBP) in the aqueous solution was studied using dielectric barrier discharge in micro-bubbles. Experimental comparison of working gas Ar, N₂, O₂, and air showed that oxygen and air plasma efficiently decomposed 2,6-DBP to bromide ion, and inorganic carbon. The molecular orbital model was applied in the analysis of the degradation in electrophilic, nucleophilic, and radical reactions.

2, 6-Dibromophenol, Atmospheric Pressure Plasma, Inductive Energy-Storage System

Kojima, S. , Katayama-Hirayama, K. and Akitsu, T. (2016) Degradation of Aqueous 2,6-Dibromophenol Solution by In-Liquid Dielectric Barrier Microplasma. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 4, 423-432. doi: 10.4236/wjet.2016.43042.