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Hydrogen peroxide production in an atmospheric pressure RF glow discharge: comparison of models and experiments
The production of (Formula presented.) in an atmospheric pressure RF glow discharge in helium-water vapor mixtures has been investigated as a function of plasma dissipated power, water concentration, gas flow (residence time) and power modulation of the plasma. (Formula presented.) concentrations up to 8 ppm in the gas phase and a maximum energy efficiency of 0.12 g/kWh are found. The experimental results are compared with a previously reported global chemical kinetics model and a one dimensional (1D) fluid model to investigate the chemical processes involved in (Formula presented.) production. An analytical balance of the main production and destruction mechanisms of (Formula presented.) is made which is refined by a comparison of the experimental data with a previously published global kinetic model and a 1D fluid model. In addition, the experiments are used to validate and refine the computational models. Accuracies of both model and experiment are discussed
Plasma-liquid interactions: a review and roadmap
Plasma-liquid interactions represent a growing interdisciplinary area of research involving plasma science, fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, photolysis, multiphase chemistry and aerosol science. This review provides an assessment of the state-of-the-art of this multidisciplinary area and identifies the key research challenges. The developments in diagnostics, modeling and further extensions of cross section and reaction rate databases that are necessary to address these challenges are discussed. The review focusses on non-equilibrium plasmas
Foundations of atmospheric pressure non-equilibrium plasmas
Non-equilibrium plasmas have been intensively studied over the past century in the context of material processing, environmental remediation, ozone generation, excimer lamps and plasma display panels. Research on atmospheric pressure non-equilibrium plasmas intensified over the last two decades leading to a large variety of plasma sources that have been developed for an
extended application range including chemical conversion, medicine, chemical analysis and disinfection. The fundamental understanding of these discharges is emerging but there remain a lot of unexplained phenomena in these intrinsically complex plasmas. The properties of nonequilibrium plasmas at atmospheric pressure span over a huge range of electron densities as well
as heavy particle and electron temperatures. This paper provides an overview of the key underlying processes that are important for the generation and stabilization of atmospheric pressure non-equilibrium plasmas. The unique physical and chemical properties of theses discharges are also summarized
Global model of low-temperature atmospheric-pressure He + H2O plasmas
A detailed global model of atmospheric-pressure He + H2O plasmas is presented in this paper.
The model incorporates 46 species and 577 reactions. Based on simulation results obtained
with this comprehensive model, the main species and reactions are identified, and simplified
models capable of capturing the main physicochemical processes in He + H2O discharges are
suggested. The accuracy of the simplified models is quantified and assessed for changes in
water concentration, input power and electrode configuration. Simplified models can reduce
the number of reactions by a factor of ∼10 while providing results that are within a factor of
two of the detailed model. The simulation results indicate that Penning processes are the main
ionization mechanism in this kind of discharge (1–3000 ppm of water), and water clusters of
growing size are found to be the dominant charged species when the water concentration is
above ∼100 ppm. Simulation results also predict a growing electronegative character of the
discharge with increasing water concentration. The use of He + H2O discharges for the
generation of reactive oxygen species of interest in biomedical applications and the green
production of hydrogen peroxide are also discussed. Although it would be unrealistic to draw
conclusions regarding the efficacy of these processes from a zero-dimensional global model,
the results indicate the potential suitability of He + H2O plasmas for these two applications
Electronic quenching of OH(A) by water in atmospheric pressure plasmas and its influence on the gas temperature determination by OH(A–X) emission
In this paper it is shown that electronic quenching of OH(A) by water prevents thermalization
of the rotational population distribution of OH(A). This means that the observed ro-vibrational
OH(A–X) emission band is (at least partially) an image of the formation process and is
determined not only by the gas temperature. The formation of negative ions and clusters for
larger water concentrations can contribute to the non-equilibrium. The above is demonstrated
in RF excited atmospheric pressure glow discharges in He–water mixtures in a parallel metal
plate reactor by optical emission spectroscopy. For this particular case a significant
overpopulation of high rotational states appears around 1000 ppm H2O in He. The smallest
temperature parameter of a non-Boltzmann (two-temperature) distribution fitted to the
experimental spectrum of OH(A–X) gives a good representation of the gas temperature. Only
the rotational states with the smallest rotational numbers (J 7) are thermalized and
representative for the gas temperature
Optical emission spectroscopy as a diagnostic for plasmas in liquids: opportunities and pitfalls
In this contribution, optical emission spectroscopy is evaluated and thoroughly analysed as a
diagnostic to characterize plasmas in and in contact with liquids. One of the specific properties
of plasmas in and in contact with liquids is the strong emission of OH(A–X) and of hydrogen
lines. As an example a 600 ns pulsed dc excited discharge in Ar, He and O2 bubbles in water is
investigated by time resolved optical emission spectroscopy. It is shown that the production
processes of excited species and the plasma kinetics strongly influence the emission spectrum.
This complicates the interpretation of the spectra but provides the opportunity to derive
production mechanisms from the time resolved emission. The importance of recombination
processes compared with direct electron excitation processes in the production of excited
states of the water fragments in plasmas with high electron densities is shown. The OH(A–X)
emission spectrum illustrates that even in these highly collisional atmospheric pressure
discharges the rotational population distribution deviates from equilibrium. A two-temperature
fit of the OH rotational population distribution leads to realistic gas temperatures for the
temperature parameter corresponding to small rotational numbers. The Hα and Hβ lines are
fitted with two component profiles corresponding to two different electron densities.
The obtained electron density is in the range 1021–1023 m−3. Possible complications in the
interpretation of obtained temperatures and electron densities are discussed