Citation: ZHAO Yue, WANG Li, ZHANG Jia-Liang, GUO Hong-Chen. Influence of Non-Thermal Plasma Discharge Mode and Reactor Structure on Ammonia Decomposition to Hydrogen[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2014, 30(4): 738-744. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB201402141 shu

Influence of Non-Thermal Plasma Discharge Mode and Reactor Structure on Ammonia Decomposition to Hydrogen

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1 State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Catalytic Chemistry and Engineering, Schol of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning Province, P. R. China;
2 School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning Province, P. R. China

Received Date: 4 December 2013
Available Online: 14 February 2014
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At ambient pressure, the effect of plasma discharge mode and reactor structure on ammonia decomposition to hydrogen was investigated. Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) and alternating current (AC) arc discharge were produced upon adjusting the structure of the plasma reactor. By studying the discharge images, the voltage-current waveforms and the optical emission spectra in two discharge modes, we found that the AC arc discharge was a spatially partially stronger discharge compared with DBD. The AC arc discharge had a higher power efficiency and higher electron density than the dielectric barrier discharge. The ammonia molecules were mainly transformed into NH₃^* in an electronic excited state, and the N―H bond ruptured upon collision with a high-energy electron in DBD. However, electrons with a high average electron energy upon AC arc discharge can rupture the N―H bond directly to form highly active NH₂ and NH species, which can enhance the ammonia decomposition reaction. Results show that AC arc discharge had better performance toward ammonia decomposition than dielectric barrier discharge. The ability of different reactor structures to decompose ammonia under AC arc discharge increased in the following order: tube-tube>tube-flat>point-flat>flat-flat. The ammonia conversion can be as high as 60% under the tube-tube AC arc discharge with an input power of 30 W and a gap distance of 6 mm, while it was only 4% under the flat-flat dielectric barrier discharge.
- Dielectric barrier discharge,
- AC arc discharge,
- Hydrogen,
- Ammonia,
- Optical emission spectrum
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