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1.2. Experimental set-up<br />

Capítulo 1<br />

The <strong>plasma</strong> was produced by an axial injection torch (Torche à Injection Axiale<br />

or TIA). This <strong>de</strong>vice provi<strong>de</strong>s a free expanding microwave <strong>plasma</strong> that is comparatively<br />

stiff to impedance changes -caused by the introduction of samples- than other microwave<br />

<strong>plasma</strong>s [5]. This is an advantageous feature for the <strong>de</strong>struction of volatile organic<br />

compo<strong>un</strong>ds. The VOCs to be <strong>de</strong>stroyed were introduced into the <strong>plasma</strong> by pre-mixing<br />

them with the carrier gas, helium, using a gas mixer.<br />

In or<strong>de</strong>r to isolate and analyse the gases after the <strong>plasma</strong> <strong>de</strong>struction, a reaction<br />

chamber was <strong>de</strong>signed and placed after the wave-gui<strong>de</strong> [6]. Gas samples can be<br />

extracted from the chamber in or<strong>de</strong>r to be analysed by gas chromatography.<br />

The three main parameters and their respective ranges of variation used in this<br />

work are: the total flow (helium + TCE vapour) from 0.5 to 2.5 L/min, the TCE<br />

concentration in the gas from 100 to 60000 ppm, and the microwave power from 300<br />

and 1000 W.<br />

Figure 1.1: Experimental set-up.<br />

The highest concentrations of TCE were obtained by passing a controlled helium<br />

flow rate through a bubbler containing the volatile organic compo<strong>un</strong>d in or<strong>de</strong>r to carry<br />

VOC vapour with it. These concentrations were calibrated with the gas chromatograph.<br />

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