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Design and use of an Efficient Plasma Jet Reactor for High Temperature Gas/Solid Reactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

F. W. Giacobbe  and
D. W. Schmerling
F. W. Giacobbe
Affiliation:
Cardox Corporation - Division of Liquid Air Corporation5230 South East Avenue Countryside, IL 60525
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Abstract

A unique and efficient plasma jet reactor has been developed and used to study the high temperature production of carbon monoxide from a reaction between powdered carbon and a pure carbon dioxide plasma. The plasma jet reactor was designed to allow the injection of powdered carbon above the arc discharge region rather than into the plasma flame below the arc discharge region. High yields of carbon monoxide, produced at relatively high efficiencies, were a direct result of this technique. The plasma jet was also designed to enable rapid changing and testing of various anode inserts

Average yields of carbon monoxide in the product gases were as high as 80–87% in selected experimental trials. Carbon monoxide was produced at rates exceeding 15,000 1/hr (at STP) with a power expenditure of 52 Kw.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 30: Symposium L – Plasma Processing and Synthesis of Materials I , 1983 , 133
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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