Observational Study of Appearance of Streamer and Spark Discharges to Design Chemical Reactor Using Nanosecond Pulsed Power

Author

Shimomura, Naoyuki ; Kageyama, Tatsuya ; Mabuchi, Ryo ; Teranishi, Kenji ; Akiyama, Hidenori

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Volume

39

Issue

11

fYear

2011

Firstpage

2270

Lastpage

2271

Abstract

Nanosecond pulsed powers produce streamer discharges which are suitable for chemical reactions. The discharges in wire-plate electrodes and wire-cylinder electrodes are observed. The dense area where streamers exist should be utilized as a high-performance reactor. Widely distributed streamer discharges were observed. On the other hand, spark discharges, which would decrease in reactor performance, were observed when shorter gap separation was adopted.

Keywords

chemical reactors; electrodes; high-speed optical techniques; plasma chemistry; plasma diagnostics; sparks; chemical reactions; chemical reactor; high-performance reactor; nanosecond pulsed power; shorter gap separation; spark discharges; streamer discharges; wire-cylinder electrodes; wire-plate electrodes; Discharges; Electrodes; Generators; Inductors; Sparks; Streaming media; Wires; Chemical reactor; nanosecond pulsed power; spark discharge; streamer discharge;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2011.2163530

Filename

6008668