Degradation of Sarin Simulant DFP by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma

The Dielectric Barrier Discharge plasma (DBD) plasma was used to treat Diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP, a stimulant of sarin) in the air. The influence factors of degradation efficiency, including power, carrier gas flow velocity and initial concentration of DFP were investigated. As a result, the degradation efficiency increased with the power increasing. The degradation efficiency increased fastly when the power less than 105W, but slowly when the power more than 105W. The degradation efficiency decreased obviously with the carrier gas flow velocity increasing, because the time of DFP stayed in plasma reactor decreased and the concentration of DFP increased. The degradation efficiency rose firstly and then fell with the initial DFP increasing, when the initial concentration was less than 80 mg/m3, but decreased with the the initial concentration increasing, when the initial concentration was more than 80 mg/m3. The main products were acetone, isopropanol, phosphoric acid, pyrophosphoric acid, carbon dioxide and water, analyzed by GC-MS. Reaction mechanism was discussed according to degradation products.