Decomposition mechanism of organic compounds by DC water plasmas at atmospheric pressure
Decomposition mechanism of organic compounds by DC water plasmas at atmospheric pressure
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DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2009.07.160
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发表时间:
2009-12-01
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2.1
通讯作者:
Watanabe, Takayuki
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作者:
Nishioka, Hiroshi;Saito, Hironori;Watanabe, Takayuki
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the decomposition mechanism of organic compounds by water plasmas. The plasma torch can generate 100%-steam by DC discharge without a commercially available steam generator. Methanol or ethanol used as a model substance of water-soluble organic compounds was mixed with water for plasma supporting gas. The main gases after the decomposition were H-2, CO, and CO2. The 50 wt.% of carbon was transformed into solid carbon in 5 mol%-ethanol decomposition, while the solid-carbon formation from 5 mol%-methanol was negligible. Larger amount of solid-carbon formation from ethanol decomposition indicates the different mechanism between methanol and ethanol decomposition. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.