Citation: TAO Jing-Liang, XIONG Yuan-Quan. Hydrogen Production from the Decomposition of Ethanol Aqueous Solution Using Glow Discharge Plasma Electrolysis[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2013, 29(01): 205-211. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB201210264 shu

Hydrogen Production from the Decomposition of Ethanol Aqueous Solution Using Glow Discharge Plasma Electrolysis

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Key Laboratory for Energy of Heat Conversion and its Process of Measurement and Control, School of Energy and Environment, SouthEast University, Nanjing, 210096, P. R. China

Received Date: 5 September 2012
Available Online: 26 October 2012
Fund Project: 国家重点基础研究发展规划项目(973) (2010CB227002-02) (973) (2010CB227002-02)国家高技术研究发展计划项目(863) (2011AA05A201)资助 (863) (2011AA05A201)

High-energy electrons play the most important role in the decomposition of ethanol aqueous solutions under glow discharge plasma electrolysis (GDE). The non-Faradaic currents greatly improve, resulting in the actual gas production yield exceeding the theoretical yield. In this paper, we investigated a novel process of hydrogen generation from ethanol decomposition by GDE. The main gaseous products were H₂ and CO; in addition to small amounts of C₂H₄, CH₄, O₂, and C₂H₆. The H₂ volume fraction was above 59% and CO was 20%. We conclude that voltages of points C and D (V_C and V_D) do not change with the electrolyte concentration, but the 'Kellogg area' becomes narrower with increasing electrolyte conductivity and the glow discharge is easier to attain. In addition, with increasing ethanol volume fraction, the H₂ volume fraction decreases. The maximum gas production rate occurred for ethanol volume fractions of 30% and 80%. Improving the discharge voltage and raising the electrolyte conductivity had the same effect on glow discharge plasma electrolysis as the voltage load at both ends of the plasma steam sheath increases. The H₂ volume fraction remains the same upon varying the discharge voltage or electrolyte conductivity, but increasing the electrolyte conductivity is advantageous to reduce Joule heating effects caused by GDE.
- Glow discharge electrolysis,
- Gas generation rate,
- Electrolyte,
- Ethanol,
- Steam sheath,
- Hydrogen generation
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