New catalytic system for oxidation of isopropyl alcohol with thin film catalysts

•Novel system for studying thin film catalysts used for VOC treatment•Inductive heating allowed very fast catalyst heating with good temperature control.•Thin adherent catalyst films on steel were obtained by electrophoretic deposition.•Full abatement of IPA is obtained even at high heating rate (400 °C·min− 1).

This paper describes a new catalytic system developed to study catalysts deposited as thin films on a metallic support. This device uses the electromagnetic induction for heating the metallic support. Therefore, it enables homogeneous sample heating, up to 400 °C·min− 1 with a good regulation and a very low thermal inertia allowing fast cooling and accurate hold on temperature plateau. Catalysts SnO2, 0.3 and 1 wt.% Pt on SnO2 were deposited on stainless steel by an electrophoretic technique and evaluated in the abatement of isopropyl alcohol in air, a common model for VOCs.