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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lisi, Nicola
• Pasqual Laverdura, Umberto
• Chierchia, Rosa
• Luisetto, Igor
• Stendardo, Stefano

Titel

A water cooled, high power, dielectric barrier discharge reactor for CO2 plasma dissociation and valorization studies

Ist Teil von

• Scientific reports, 2023-05, Vol.13 (1), p.7394-7394, Article 7394

Ort / Verlag

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Aiming at the energy efficient use and valorization of carbon dioxide in the framework of decarbonization studies and hydrogen research, a novel dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor has been designed, constructed and developed. This test rig with water cooled electrodes is capable of a plasma power tunable in a wide range from 20W to 2 kW per unit. The reactor was designed to be ready for catalysts and membrane integration aiming at a broad range plasma conditions and processes, including low to moderate high pressures (0.05–2 bar). In this paper, preliminary studies on the highly endothermic dissociation of CO 2 , into O 2 and CO, in a pure, inert, and noble gas mixture flow are presented. These initial experiments were performed in a geometry with a 3 mm plasma gap in a chamber volume of 40cm 3 , where the process pressure was varied from few 200 mbar to 1 bar, using pure CO 2 , and diluted in N 2 . Initial results confirmed the well-known trade-off between conversion rate (up to 60%) and energy efficiency (up to 35%) into the dissociation products, as measured downstream of the reactor system. Improving conversion rate, energy efficiency and the trade-off curve can be further accomplished by tuning the plasma operating parameters (e.g. the gas flow and system geometry). It was found that the combination of a high-power, water-cooled plasma reactor, together with electronic and waveform diagnostic, optical emission and mass spectroscopies provides a convenient experimental framework for studies on the chemical storage of fast electric power transients and surges.