Removal of Oil Products from Water Using a Combined Process of Sorption and Plasma Exposure to DBD

The paper presents the results of studies of a combined process involving the sorption of engine oil on a sorbent (diatomite) followed by regeneration of the sorbent by plasma-oxidative destruction of oil in DBD of atmospheric pressure in oxygen. The process parameters (gas flow rate, sorbent mass, power, treatment time), which provide the possibility of fivefold regeneration of the sorbent and 100% degree of oil decomposition, are revealed. It was found that the kinetics of oil degradation obeys the pseudo-first kinetic order equation with a rate constant of 0.017 s^?1. The energy efficiency of the decomposition was 0.169 molecules of oil per 100 eV of input energy. It is shown that treatment of the sorbent for 5 min leads to the complete decomposition of oil. The products of oil decomposition are carboxylic acids, aldehydes and CO₂. Complete removal of acids and aldehydes requires the time of about 40 min. The possible participation of ozone in the oxidative degradation of oil is discussed.