Application of DBD and DBCD in SO2Removal

The dielectric barrier corona discharge (DBCD) in a wire-cylinder configuration and the dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in a coaxial cylinder configuration are studied. The discharge current in DBD has a higher pulse amplitude than in DBCD. The dissipated power and the gas-gap voltage are calculated by analyzing the measured Lissajous figure. With the increasing applied voltage, the energy utilization factor for SO 2 removal increases in DBCD but decreases in DBD because of the difference in their electric field distribution. Experiments of SO 2 removal show that in the absence of NH 3 the energy utilization factor can reach 31 g/kWh in DBCD and 39 g/kWh in DBD.