TY - JOUR
AU - Kotov, Vladislav
AU - Koelman, Peter
TI - Plug flow reactor model of the plasma chemical conversion of CO2
JO - Plasma sources science and technology
VL - 28
IS - 9
SN - 1361-6595
CY - Bristol
PB - IOP Publ.
M1 - FZJ-2019-04593
SP - 095002
PY - 2019
AB - A 1D plug flow model suitable for describing the CO<sub>2</sub> conversion into CO in microwave plasma reactors is proposed. The model is applied together with the Antwerp data set for the CO<sub>2</sub> reaction kinetics to calculate parameter scans for a realistic experimental set up. The energy re-distribution pathways in the model calculations are analyzed. The analysis shows that despite the input power is initially deposited mainly into vibrational states the fast vibrational-translational (VT) transfer leads to dissociation of CO<sub>2</sub> predominantly via the thermal quenching mechanism. Solutions with mitigated VT-losses can be obtained by increasing the specific input power - power per unit volume. In this regime the energy efficiency starts to be constrained by reverse processes.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000488012000001
DO - DOI:10.1088/1361-6595/ab3774
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/865028
ER -