Influence of the gas mixture temperature on the efficiency of synthesis gas production from ethanol in a nonequilibrium plasma

The mechanism behind the plasma conversion of a mixture of ethanol vapor, water vapor, air, and carbon dioxide CO 2 in the nonequilibrium plasma of a tornado discharge is studied. The influence of the CO 2 flow rate, the current through the discharge, and the gas temperature in the discharge on the...

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Published inTechnical physics Vol. 58; no. 8; pp. 1138 - 1143
Main Authors Tsymbalyuk, A. N., Levko, D. S., Chernyak, V. Ya, Martysh, E. V., Nedybalyuk, O. A., Solomenko, E. V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer US 01.08.2013
Springer
Subjects
Alcohol
Alcohol, Denatured
Carbon monoxide
Classical and Continuum Physics
Gas industry
Hydrogen
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Plasma
Production processes
Electron Energy Distribution Function
Molecular Reaction
Electron Impact Dissociation
Nonequilibrium Plasma
Discharge Region
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Summary:The mechanism behind the plasma conversion of a mixture of ethanol vapor, water vapor, air, and carbon dioxide CO 2 in the nonequilibrium plasma of a tornado discharge is studied. The influence of the CO 2 flow rate, the current through the discharge, and the gas temperature in the discharge on the concentrations of molecular hydrogen and carbon monoxide CO is studied. Comparison between the concentrations of the gaseous mixture’s main components at the output from the reactor obtained experimentally and by numerical simulation shows that the adopted kinetic mechanism adequately describes the plasma kinetics in the mixture.
ISSN:1063-7842
1090-6525
DOI:10.1134/S1063784213080252