Research Progress on VOCs Treatment Technologies in the Petrochemical Industry

Lei Ren; Dongdong Cao; Hao Sun; Yuan Lai; Jie Zhang; Ming Xue

doi:10.54097/wk53gy22

Authors

Lei Ren
Dongdong Cao
Hao Sun
Yuan Lai
Jie Zhang
Ming Xue

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/wk53gy22

Keywords:

Petrochemical Industry, Volatile Organic Compounds, Treatment Technology, Catalysis

Abstract

As a crucial pillar industry of China's economy, the petrochemical industry emits volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during production every year, which pose numerous potential hazards to the environment and human health. Starting from investigating current domestic and international VOCs treatment technologies, this paper systematically summarizes the shortcomings of existing VOCs treatment technologies, and focuses on introducing the application of new catalytic treatment technologies for VOCs in the petrochemical industry. It is expected to provide important references for the research and improvement of VOCs treatment technologies in the petrochemical industry.

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