Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane Using a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor: Effect of Helium Dilution and Kinetic Model |
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Authors: | Valentin Goujard Jean-Michel Tatibouët Catherine Batiot-Dupeyrat |
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Institution: | 1.Laboratoire de Catalyse en Chimie Organique LACCO, UMR-CNRS 6503,Université de Poitiers–Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Poitiers (ENSIP),Poitiers Cedex,France |
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Abstract: | The carbon dioxide reforming of methane to synthesis gas was investigated in a dielectric barrier discharge reactor at room
temperature. The influence of dilution of reactants by helium was studied. We showed that, at a fixed contact time, the conversions
of CH4 and CO2 increase when the amount of helium in the gas mixture increases. This result is attributed to the “penning ionization” phenomenon,
which corresponds to an energy transfer from excited He to molecules in ground state (CH4, CO2). The selectivity to products is affected by the dilution factor. As soon as helium is present in a large amount the formation
of products resulting from recombination of methyl radicals (such as C2, C3 and C4) is less favourable due to the lowest probability of collisions to proceed. A kinetic model is proposed based on the assumption
that the reactant molecules CH4 or CO2 are attacked by active species produced by the plasma discharges, and the production of this active species are function
of the plasma power. This model which takes into account the dilution by helium fits particularly well the experimental data
we obtained. |
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