Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7721040 | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2013 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
In this paper, experimental and numerical studies are made to investigate local thermal equilibrium in a microwave plasma torch at atmospheric pressure for hydrogen and carbon black production from methane dissociation. The microwave induced plasma can be operated up to 2 kW power at 2.45 GHz frequency. Methane is dissociated in argon, air or nitrogen plasma and optical emission spectroscopy is used to characterize the plasma. C2, CN and OH ro-vibrational bands are used for rotational and vibrational temperature estimation while stark broadening of H-line is used for electron temperature calculation. Temperatures are determined at varying operating parameters of microwave power, axial gas flow rate, and methane flow rate. The rotational (heavy particle), vibrational, and electron temperatures are found to be equal to 5000 ± 500 K. The plasma is thus at local thermodynamic equilibrium.
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Authors
Babajide Ogungbesan, Rajneesh Kumar, Liu Su, Mohamed Sassi,