On the effect of water vapor on the methane oxidation in an atmospheric pressure rotating discharge plasma reactor

Elise El Ahmar (1) , Ahmed Khacef (1) , Jean Marie Cormier (1)

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

In this work, we propose a plasma treatment of methane-air mixture for hydrogen (H2) enrichment applied to motor vehicles using an atmospheric pressure rotating discharge. H2 production is investigated as function of the electrical power injected into the plasma, the total flow rate and the inlet H2O concentration added. Experimental results show that the major plasma products are H2, carbon monoxide and dioxide (CO and CO2).

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

Elise El Ahmar, Ahmed Khacef, Jean Marie Cormier. On the effect of water vapor on the methane oxidation in an atmospheric pressure rotating discharge plasma reactor. 18th Intern. Symp. on Plasma Chemistry, Aug 2007, Kyoto, Japan. pp.CD Rom. ⟨hal-00198672⟩