Enhancement of NOx production in water by combining an air bubble plasma jet and an external magnetic field

• Published in: Physics of plasmas 2023-09, Vol.30 (9)
• Main Authors: Al-Amin, Md, Sah, Abhishek Kumar, Roy, N. C., Talukder, M. R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Air bubbles; Electron density; Electrons; Energy costs; Field strength; Liquid phases; Magnetic fields; Nitrates; Nitrogen dioxide; Plasma; Plasma jets; Plasma physics; Vapor phases
• ISSN: 1070-664X; 1089-7674
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0161173

Production of N O x ( NO 2 − + NO 3 −) in water with an air bubble discharge plasma jet under the influence of an external axial steady magnetic field was investigated experimentally. The gas phase plasma parameters, rotational ( T r), vibrational ( T v) and electronic excitation ( T x) temperatures, and electron density ( n e), as well as the liquid phase pH and the concentrations of nitrite ( NO 2 −) and nitrate ( NO 3 −), were measured as a function of treatment time and magnetic field strength. It was found that T r, T v, T x, and n e slightly increased as a function of magnetic field strength in the gas phase plasma. The pH decreased both with treatment time and magnetic field strength. In the maximum field strength of 290   mT, the concentrations of NO 2 − and NO 3 − were ∼ 82 % and ∼ 74 %, respectively, greater than with B = 0. With B = 290   mT, the energy cost for producing N O x was ∼ 78 % lower than with B = 0. The energy cost may likely be reduced due to decreasing radial diffusion loss of charged species in the discharge with increasing magnetic field strength.