Researchers from the University of Alicante (UA) and the
University of the Basque Country (UPV) have developed and patented a new
catalyst that efficiently removes volatile organic compounds (VOCs),
chlorinated in gas streams, pollutants involved in the destruction of the ozone
layer and acts as greenhouse gases, in addition to having toxic effects in
humans.
This innovative technology, developed by the Research Groups
in Carbon Materials and Environment (UA) and in Chemical Technologies for
Environmental Sustainability (UPV), efficiently eliminates the chemical
compound 1,2- dichloroethane (DCA), commonly known by its former name ethylene
dichloride, often used in the industry and extremely harmful to the human
health and the environment.