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- Title
About the enhancement of chemical yield during the atmospheric plasma synthesis of ammonia in a ferroelectric packed bed reactor.
- Authors
Gómez‐Ramírez, Ana; Montoro‐Damas, Antonio M.; Cotrino, José; Lambert, Richard M.; González‐Elipe, Agustín R.
- Abstract
Plasma reactions offer an attractive alternative route for the synthesis of a variety of valuable chemical compounds. Here we investigate the parameters that determine the efficiency of ammonia synthesis in a ferroelectric packed bed dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor. The effects of varying the operating frequency, the size of the ferroelectric pellets and the inter-electrode distance have been systematically studied. Under optimised conditions nitrogen conversions in excess of 7% were achieved, higher than those previously obtained using DBD reactors. These findings are discussed with respect to variations in the electrical characteristics of the reactor under operating conditions and in the light of emission spectra obtained as a function of reactant flow rates. These encouraging results signpost future developments that could very substantially improve the efficiency of ammonia synthesis by means of DBD technology.
- Subjects
PACKED bed reactors; PLASMA gases; CHEMICAL yield; AMMONIA synthesis; FERROELECTRICITY
- Publication
Plasma Processes & Polymers, 2017, Vol 14, Issue 6, pn/a
- ISSN
1612-8850
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ppap.201600081