Advances in non-equilibrium plasma kinetics: a theoretical and experimental review

LD Pietanza, O Guaitella, V Aquilanti… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
Numerous applications have required the study of CO 2 plasmas since the 1960s, from CO 2
lasers to spacecraft heat shields. However, in recent years, intense research activities on the …

CO2 conversion by plasma technology: insights from modeling the plasma chemistry and plasma reactor design

A Bogaerts, A Berthelot, S Heijkers… - Plasma Sources …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years there has been growing interest in the use of plasma technology for CO 2
conversion. To improve this application, a good insight into the underlying mechanisms is of …

NO x production in a rotating gliding arc plasma: Potential avenue for sustainable nitrogen fixation

F Jardali, S Van Alphen, J Creel, HA Eshtehardi… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The fast growing world population demands food to survive, and nitrogen-based fertilizers
are essential to ensure sufficient food production. Today, fertilizers are mainly produced from …

Gliding arc plasma for CO2 conversion: Better insights by a combined experimental and modelling approach

W Wang, D Mei, X Tu, A Bogaerts - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
A gliding arc plasma is a potential way to convert CO 2 into CO and O 2, due to its non-
equilibrium character, but little is known about the underlying mechanisms. In this paper, a …

Translational, rotational, vibrational and electron temperatures of a gliding arc discharge

J Zhu, A Ehn, J Gao, C Kong, M Aldén, M Salewski… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Translational, rotational, vibrational and electron temperatures of a gliding arc discharge in
atmospheric pressure air were experimentally investigated using in situ, non-intrusive …

Sustainable gas conversion by gliding arc plasmas: a new modelling approach for reactor design improvement

S Van Alphen, F Jardali, J Creel, G Trenchev… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Research in plasma reactor designs is develo** rapidly as plasma technology is gaining
increasing interest for sustainable gas conversion applications, like the conversion of …

Atmospheric pressure glow discharge for CO2 conversion: Model-based exploration of the optimum reactor configuration

G Trenchev, A Nikiforov, W Wang, A Bogaerts - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigate the performance of an atmospheric pressure glow discharge (APGD) reactor
for CO 2 conversion in three different configurations, through experiments and simulations …

CO2 Conversion in a Gliding Arc Plasmatron: Multidimensional Modeling for Improved Efficiency

G Trenchev, S Kolev, W Wang… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The gliding arc plasmatron (GAP) is a highly efficient atmospheric plasma source, which is
very promising for CO2 conversion applications. To understand its operation principles and …

Dual-vortex plasmatron: A novel plasma source for CO2 conversion

G Trenchev, A Bogaerts - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2020 - Elsevier
Atmospheric pressure gliding arc (GA) discharges are gaining increasing interest for CO 2
conversion and other gas conversion applications, due to their simplicity and high energy …

Modeling the physics of interaction of high-pressure arcs with their electrodes: advances and challenges

MS Benilov - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Incorporation of realistic models of plasma-electrode interaction remains a bottleneck in the
development of predictive models of devices with high-pressure arcs. The most important …