Synergistic effect of plasma power and temperature on the cracking of toluene in the N2 based product gas
In this research, a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor is used to study the cracking of the toluene into C1–C6 hydrocarbons. The combined effect of parameters such as temperature (20–400 °C) and plasma power (10–40 W) was investigated to evaluate the DBD reactor performance. The main gaseous...
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| author | Faisal Saleem Asif Hussain Khoja Rabia Sharif Abdul Rehman Salman Raza Naqvi Umair Yaqub Qazi Kui Zhang Adam Harvey |
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| description | In this research, a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor is used to study the cracking of the toluene into C1–C6 hydrocarbons. The combined effect of parameters such as temperature (20–400 °C) and plasma power (10–40 W) was investigated to evaluate the DBD reactor performance. The main gaseous products from the decomposition of toluene include lower hydrocarbon (C1–C6). The cracking of toluene increases with power at all temperatures (20–400 °C). On the otherhand, it decreases from 92.8 to 73.1% at 10 W, 97.2 to 80.5% at 20, 97.5 to 86.5% at 30 W, and 98.4 to 93.7% at 40 W with raising the temperature from 20 to 400 °C. Nonetheless, as the temperature and plasma input power increase, the methane yield increases. At 40 W, the maximum methane yield was 5.1%. At 10 and 20 W, the selectivity to C2 increases as the temperature rises up to 400 °C. At 30 and 40 W, it began to drop after 300 °C due to the formation of methane and the yield of methane increases significantly beyond this temperature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7244572992c47008c24e28edb5d5c8f2023-04-05T08:21:32ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-03-0193e14237Synergistic effect of plasma power and temperature on the cracking of toluene in the N2 based product gasFaisal Saleem0Asif Hussain Khoja1Rabia Sharif2Abdul Rehman3Salman Raza Naqvi4Umair Yaqub Qazi5Kui Zhang6Adam Harvey7Chemical and Polymer Engineering Department, UET Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, Pakistan; Corresponding author.Fossil Fuels Laboratory, Department of Thermal Energy Engineering, U.S-Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, 44000, PakistanChemical and Polymer Engineering Department, UET Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, PakistanChemical and Polymer Engineering Department, UET Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, PakistanSchool of Chemical & Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, 44000, Islamabad, PakistanDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Hafr Al Batin, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United KingdomSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United KingdomIn this research, a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor is used to study the cracking of the toluene into C1–C6 hydrocarbons. The combined effect of parameters such as temperature (20–400 °C) and plasma power (10–40 W) was investigated to evaluate the DBD reactor performance. The main gaseous products from the decomposition of toluene include lower hydrocarbon (C1–C6). The cracking of toluene increases with power at all temperatures (20–400 °C). On the otherhand, it decreases from 92.8 to 73.1% at 10 W, 97.2 to 80.5% at 20, 97.5 to 86.5% at 30 W, and 98.4 to 93.7% at 40 W with raising the temperature from 20 to 400 °C. Nonetheless, as the temperature and plasma input power increase, the methane yield increases. At 40 W, the maximum methane yield was 5.1%. At 10 and 20 W, the selectivity to C2 increases as the temperature rises up to 400 °C. At 30 and 40 W, it began to drop after 300 °C due to the formation of methane and the yield of methane increases significantly beyond this temperature.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023014445Tar removalNon-thermal plasmaLower hydrocarbonsBiomass gasification |
| spellingShingle | Faisal Saleem Asif Hussain Khoja Rabia Sharif Abdul Rehman Salman Raza Naqvi Umair Yaqub Qazi Kui Zhang Adam Harvey Synergistic effect of plasma power and temperature on the cracking of toluene in the N2 based product gas Heliyon Tar removal Non-thermal plasma Lower hydrocarbons Biomass gasification |
| title | Synergistic effect of plasma power and temperature on the cracking of toluene in the N2 based product gas |
| title_full | Synergistic effect of plasma power and temperature on the cracking of toluene in the N2 based product gas |
| title_fullStr | Synergistic effect of plasma power and temperature on the cracking of toluene in the N2 based product gas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synergistic effect of plasma power and temperature on the cracking of toluene in the N2 based product gas |
| title_short | Synergistic effect of plasma power and temperature on the cracking of toluene in the N2 based product gas |
| title_sort | synergistic effect of plasma power and temperature on the cracking of toluene in the n2 based product gas |
| topic | Tar removal Non-thermal plasma Lower hydrocarbons Biomass gasification |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023014445 |
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