Influence of the Plasma Power Supply Nature on the Plasma-Catalyst Synergism for the Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane

The carbon dioxide reforming of methane was performed with a cordierite honeycomb monolith packed-bed and dielectric barrier discharges. The reactor performance (reactant conversions and product selectivities) was evaluated with and without a nickel catalyst and by comparing two different power supp...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 2009-12, Vol.37 (12), p.2342-2346
Main Authors: Goujard, V., Tatibouet, J.-M., Batiot-Dupeyrat, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon dioxide
Catalysts
Chemical Sciences
Chemicals
dielectric barrier discharges (DBDs)
Dielectrics
Electric discharges
Electrostatic discharges
Exact sciences and technology
Inductors
methane reforming
Nickel
Other gas discharges
Physics
Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges
Physics of plasmas and electric discharges
Plasma
Plasma chemistry
plasma-catalyst synergism
Power generation
Power supplies
Power supply
Pulsed power supplies
Voltage
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Summary:The carbon dioxide reforming of methane was performed with a cordierite honeycomb monolith packed-bed and dielectric barrier discharges. The reactor performance (reactant conversions and product selectivities) was evaluated with and without a nickel catalyst and by comparing two different power supplies, a pulsed excitation (fast-rising voltage) and a sinusoidal excitation. The chemical reactivity of the plasma discharges generated by the pulsed power supply was higher than that by the sinusoidal power supply. A positive effect on the chemical reactivity, ascribed to the promotion of reactant activation (dissociative adsorption) on the nickel particles, was observed in the case of sinusoidal-excitation-nickel-catalyst association.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2009.2033695