Rajanikanth, BS and Sinha, Dipanwita (2008) Achieving Better $NO_x$ Removal in Discharge Plasma Reactor by Field Enhancement. In: Plasma Science and Technology, 10 (2). pp. 198-202.
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Abstract
Application of plasma chemistry for gas cleaning is gaining prominence in recent years, mainly from an energy efficiency point of view. In this paper we conducted a comparative study of $NO/NO_x$ removal using two different types of dielectric barrier discharge electrodes, wire-cylinder reactor, pipe-cylinder reactor. Investigations were first carried out with synthetic gases to obtain the baseline information on the $NO/NO_x$ removal with respect to the two geometries studied. Further, experiments were carried out with raw diesel exhaust under loaded condition. A high $NO_x$ removal efficiency of 90% was observed for the pipe-cylinder reactor as compared to that of 53.4% for the wire-cylinder reactor. Furthermore, for the same energy consumed per NO molecule (about 73 eV/NO molecule), the removal efficiency increased from 67% for the wire-cylinder to about 98% for the pipe-cylinder which was quite appreciable.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | Plasma Science and Technology |
Publisher: | Institute of Physics |
Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Institute of Physics. |
Keywords: | NOx removal,engine exhaust,plasma treatment,barrier discharge electrodes |
Department/Centre: | Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Engineering |
Date Deposited: | 08 May 2008 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2010 04:44 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/13866 |
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