Plasma Chemical Reactor for Hydrogen Production

The process of carbon dioxide reforming of hydrocarbon feedstock (like natural gas, coal, petroleum coke, residual oil, glycerine, etc) for hydrogen production has attracted great attention from both environmental and industrial perspectives. The plasma chemical reactor for study the CO2 reforming o...

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Published inAdvances in Science and Technology Vol. 93; pp. 96 - 101
Main Authors Essiptchouk, Alexei M., Filho, Gilberto Petraconi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Zurich Trans Tech Publications Ltd 31.10.2014
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Plasma Chemistry
Plasma Processing
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Summary:The process of carbon dioxide reforming of hydrocarbon feedstock (like natural gas, coal, petroleum coke, residual oil, glycerine, etc) for hydrogen production has attracted great attention from both environmental and industrial perspectives. The plasma chemical reactor for study the CO2 reforming of hydrocarbon gaseous feedstock is presented. The reactor consists of a DC plasma torch coupled to a compact quenching chamber. The linear plasma torch operates with a reverse vortex flow and hollow blind-end cathode for enhancing the thermal efficiency and enthalpy of the plasma jet. The quenching chamber consists of a set of refrigerated discs equipped with flow turbulent flow generator. Estimated quenching rates are up to 107-108 K/s. Electrical and thermal characteristics of the plasma-chemical reactor torch as well as the energy efficiency of the process are presented.
Bibliography:Proceedings of the 6th Forum on New Materials, part of CIMTEC 2014-13th International Ceramics Congress and 6th Forum on New Materials, June 15-19, 2014, Montecatini Terme, Italy
ISSN:1662-8969
1662-0356
DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.93.96