Atmospheric Pressure Low-Current Plasma for Syngas Production From Alcohol

Ahmed Khacef (1) , Khadija Arabi (1) , Olivier Aubry (1) , Jean Marie Cormier (1)

1 GREMI - Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés

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.

Mots clés: atmospheric pressure plasmas; Arc discharges; Syngas; Fuels

Domaines: Physique des plasmas [physics.plasm-ph]

Ahmed Khacef, Khadija Arabi, Olivier Aubry, Jean Marie Cormier. Atmospheric Pressure Low-Current Plasma for Syngas Production From Alcohol. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2011, 39 (11), pp.2914-2915. ⟨hal-00710968⟩