Oxidation characteristics of benzene as a VOC were investigated using a fixed bed reactor system over transition metal catalysts. The transition metal catalysts were made by using transition metal nitrate reagent and various support materials such as γ-Al2O3, and TiO2. The parametric tests were conducted at the reaction temperature range of 200～500℃, benzene concentration of 2,000～3,000 ppm with space velocity of 10000 hr-1. The property analyses such as BET, SEM, TGA and the conversions of catalytic oxidation of VOC were examined. The experimental results showed that the BET surface areas of catalyst are 86.4∼167.7m2/g, the pore volumes are 0.049∼0.056cm3/g, and the average pore sizes of catalyst are 27∼44Å, which mean the meso pore. It was also found that the conversion of benzene oxidation reaction at 400∼500℃ with Cu/γ-Al2O3+TiO2 catalyst showed 90∼100%, which indicate that the transition metal catalyst with composite supports is very effective for the oxidation of benzene.

Oxidation characteristics of benzene as a VOC was investigated using a fixed bed reactor system over copper base catalysts. The copper base catalysts were made by using copper nitrate reagent and various support materials such as γ-Al2O3, TiO2, and zeolite. The parametric tests were conducted at the reaction temperature range of 200～500℃, benzene concentration of 1,000～2,000 ppm, and space velocity range of 5,000～20,000 hr-1. The property analyses such as BET, SEM, XRD and the conversions of catalytic oxidation of VOC were examined. XRD analysis on copper catalysts showed CuO crystal forms and the peak intensity of CuO increased as the impregnation weight of copper grew. The experimental results showed that the conversion was increased with decreasing space velocity. It was also found that Cu/γ-Al2O3+TiO2 catalyst showed the highest activity for the oxidation of benzene and 15% metal loading was the optimum impregnation level.