Title :
Effect of air and oxygen content on the dielectric barrier discharge decomposition of chlorobenzene
Author :
Snyder, Hans R. ; Anderson, Graydon K.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
fDate :
12/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Experiments were performed on the plasma-assisted decomposition of dilute concentrations of chlorobenzene in air/oxygen and argon/oxygen gas mixtures at atmospheric pressure using a coaxial geometry single dielectric barrier discharge for different oxygen concentrations and energy densities. The results show that the decomposition process requires higher energy densities using air mixtures compared to argon/oxygen mixtures and is not linearly dependent on the oxygen content for a given energy density. The main decomposition products detected in the offgas were carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide
Keywords :
discharges (electric); organic compounds; plasma applications; plasma chemistry; O2 effect; air effect; air/O2 gas mixtures; argon/O2 gas mixtures; atmospheric pressure; chlorobenzene; coaxial geometry single dielectric barrier discharge; dielectric barrier discharge decomposition; energy density; plasma-assisted decomposition; Atmospheric-pressure plasmas; Carbon dioxide; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Electrons; Oxygen; Plasma chemistry; Plasma density; Plasma materials processing; Steel;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
