Kinetic of CO2 Reduction by Gliding Arc Plasma
Decomposition of carbon dioxide (CO2) by gliding arc plasma was examined. The plasma device consisted of two triangular stainless steel plates. The gas entered through a nozzle tube from the upstream cylinder reactor and exit at a downstream of the reactor. The effect of total gas flow rates have been used to study the chemical process reaction in gliding plasma system. The model of active-chemical kinetic of CO2 decomposition was developed to investigate the pathways of plasma reactions. Experimental results indicate the conversion of CO2 reached 18% at the total gas flow rate of 1.5 × 10–5 m3 s –1 and produced CO and O2 as the final products.
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