The plasma dry reforming reaction of methane with carbon dioxide is investigated in a nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge, a type of plasma that offers some of the highest performance and non-equilibrium characteristics. The experiment’s purpose was to examine the effect of varying the sequence of high-voltage pulses. We find that when successive pulses are closer than 500 ?s, a memory-dominated regime gradually develops, which influences subsequent breakdown events. While reactant conversions increase with the plasma energy, both energy efficiency and conversions increase by shortening the inter-pulse time at the same plasma energy. This finding suggests that plasma power is not the only thing that matters to achieve better performance. How it is delivered can make a significant difference, in particular for CO2, whose conversion doubles at the maximum energy for molecule investigated, 1.6 eV molecule-1.
CH4 reforming with CO2 in a nanosecond pulsed discharge. The importance of the pulse sequence
Montesano C.; Faedda M.; Martini L.M.; Dilecce G.; Tosi P.
Journal:
Journal of CO2 Utilization 49 (7-2021),
pp. 101556-1 - 101556-8
Year:
2021
ISTP Authors: Giorgio Dilecce
Keywords: CO2 conversion, Plasma Dry reforming, Pulsed nanosecond discharge
Research Activitie: JOURNAL ARTICLES
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