Experiments on the conversion of lower hydrocarbons with the use of nanosecond discharges

Author

Bugaev, S.P. ; Zorin, V.B. ; Kovalchuk, B.M. ; Kuvshinov, V.A. ; Sochugov, N.S. ; Khryapov, P.A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of High-Current Electron., Acad. of Sci., Tomsk, Russia

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

3-6 July 1995

Firstpage

1206

Abstract

The process of conversion of C/sub 2/-C/sub 4/ hydrocarbons was investigated, using nanosecond pulses (135 kV, 3 ns), in a plasmochemical reactor with a corona-streamer discharge. The principal products of conversion are acetylene, ethylene, and propylene. The conversion degree and the composition of the reaction products depend on the electrode gap spacing and its attendant corona-streamer-to-spark transition. The power demand for the production of alkenes is 8-10 kW/spl middot/h/kg.

Keywords

corona; electrodes; organic compounds; plasma devices; power supplies to apparatus; pulsed power technology; 135 kV; 3 ns; C/sub 2/-C/sub 4/ hydrocarbons conversion; acetylene; alkenes production; corona-streamer discharge; corona-streamer-to-spark transition; electrode gap spacing; ethylene; lower hydrocarbons conversion; nanosecond discharges; plasmochemical reactor; power demand; propylene; reaction products composition; Capacitors; Electrodes; Hydrocarbons; Inductors; Plasma temperature; Power transformer insulation; Pulse generation; Pulse transformers; Sparks; Threshold voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers., Tenth IEEE International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2791-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1995.599778

Filename

599778