Residence time of pollutants in the reactor at different air flow rates with different numbers of applied reactor sections and residence time needed for complete oxidation of 10 ppm of heptane at different air flow rates at RH 6%.

Number of reactor sections	Surface of catalyst (cm2)	Reaction time of pollutant (s) at different air flow rates
		0.5 L min−1	1 L min−1	1.5 L min−1	2 L min−1	2.5 L min−1
1	120	15.6	7.8	5.2	3.9	3.12
2	240	31.2	15.6	10.4	7.8	6.24
3	360	46.8	23.4	15.6	11.7	9.36
4	480	62.4	31.2	20.8	15.6	12.48
5	600	78	39	26	19.5	15.6
Specific reaction time (s cm−2)		0.13	0.065	0.043	0.033	0.026
Reaction time for complete degradation of 10 ppm of heptane (s)		31.2–46.8	23.4–31.2	20.8–26	15.6–19.5	Not achieved