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Journal: GTEC: Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry

Manuscript ID: 138228

Manuscript Title: Gliding arc plasma processing for decomposition of chloroform

1-3. Author has checked it and as far, all sentences and paragraphs is
oke, including equation 4.
4. Both of them are oke, as far as the meaning of this dimension is
‘Watt-hour per liter’. It’s better to follow the journal ‘instruction’ on
this case.
5-6. Done and revised as below:

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Author correction on figure 3, 4, and 5: please change the word ‘yields’ into ‘selectivity’ in figure 3c,d;
figure 4c,d; and figure 5c,d. So, those figures will be shown as below. Thank you very much.

100
CHCl3 conversion
CHCl3 conversion (%)

80

60

40
180 Lh-1
240 Lh-1
300 Lh-1
20

300
Supplied Power
280

260
Power (Watt)

240

220

200
180 Lh-1
180 240 Lh-1
300 Lh-1
160

60 (CO + CO2)
Molar selectivity (%)

50

40

30

20 180 Lh-1
240 Lh-1
300 Lh-1
10

60 Cl2
Molar selectivity (%)

50

40

30

20 180 Lh-1
240 Lh-1
10 300 Lh-1

0 2 4 6 8 10
initial CHCl3 concentration (%)

Figure 3. Effect of initial chloroform concentration on (a) chloroform conversion,

(b) supplied power, (c) selectivity of (CO + CO2) , and (d) of Cl2.

CHCl3 conversion
100
CHCl3 conversion (%)

80

60

1%
3%
40
5%

300 Supplied Power

Power (Watt)

250

200

1%
3%
150 5%

60
(CO + CO2)
Molar selectivity (%)

50

40

30

20 1%
3%
5%
10

60 Cl2
Molar selectivity (%)

50

40

30

20 1%
3%
10 5%

160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320

Total gas flow rate (Lh-1)

Figure 4. Effect of total gas flow rate on (a) chloroform conversion,

(b) supplied power, (c) selectivity of (CO + CO2), and (d) of Cl2.
 100 CHCl3 conversion
CHCl3 conversion (%)
80

60

40
-1
180 Lh
-1
20 300 Lh

300 Supplied Power

250
Power (Watt)

200

150

180 Lh-1
100 300 Lh-1

(CO + CO2)
80
Molar selectivity (%)

60

40

20 180 Lh-1
300 Lh-1

60 Cl2
Molar selectivity (%)

50

40

30

20
180 Lh-1
10 300 Lh-1

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Frequency (kHz)

Figure 5. Effect of applied power frequency on (a) chloroform conversion,

(b) supplied power, (c) selectivity of (CO + CO2), and (d) of Cl2.