Title :
Atmospheric Pressure Low-Current Plasma for Syngas Production From Alcohol
Author :
Khacef, Ahmed ; Arabi, Khadija ; Aubry, Olivier ; Cormier, Jean Marie
Author_Institution :
Groupe de Rech. sur l´´Energetique des Milieux Ionises (GREMI) Lab., PolyTech´´Orleans, Orleans, France
Abstract :
An atmospheric pressure low-current arc discharge between graphite electrodes with conical geometry in a liquid ethanol/water mixture was investigated. Syngas production was demonstrated over large experimental conditions. In this paper, we focus on discharge aspects. It is shown from pictures that the behavior of a low-current arc discharge with consumable electrodes represents nonstationary plasma.
Keywords :
arcs (electric); syngas; alcohol; conical geometry; graphite electrodes; liquid ethanol-water mixture; low-current arc discharge behavior; low-current plasma; nonstationary plasma; pressure 1 atm; syngas production; Cathodes; Discharges; Ethanol; Inductors; Plasmas; Production; Arc discharges; atmospheric pressure plasma; fuels; syngas;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2011.2158121
