Study on the reaction of CCl₂F₂ with CH₄ in a dielectric barrier discharge nonequilibrium plasma

Kundu, Sazal K.; Kennedy, Eric M.; Mackie, John C.; Holdsworth, Clovia I.; Molloy, Thomas S.; Gaikwad, Vaibhav V.; Dlugogorski, Bogdan Z.

Title: Study on the reaction of CCl₂F₂ with CH₄ in a dielectric barrier discharge nonequilibrium plasma
Creator: Kundu, Sazal K.; Kennedy, Eric M.; Mackie, John C.; Holdsworth, Clovia I.; Molloy, Thomas S.; Gaikwad, Vaibhav V.; Dlugogorski, Bogdan Z.
Relation: ARC
Relation: Plasma Processes and Polymers Vol. 10, Issue 10, p. 912-921
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201300053
Publisher: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2013
Description: The reaction of CCl₂F₂ (CFC-12) with methane (in an argon bath gas) in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) non-thermal plasma reactor at atmospheric pressure has been investigated. The reaction (where oxygen and nitrogen are excluded from the feed gas) produced a range of gas phase products, including H₂, HCl, HF, CHF₃, CF₃CH₂F, CHClF₂, CH₃Cl, CH₂ClF, CH₂Cl₂, CHCl₂F and CHCl₃ as well as solid products which were primarily non-crosslinked polymers. The conversion of CCl₂F₂ increased, from 44 to 71%, when the input energy density of the plasma was raised from 3 to 13 kJ · L⁻¹ (applied voltage range is 13.4–14.8 kV, peak-peak). The relatively low input feed concentration of CCl₂F₂ and methane in the argon bath gas modifies the strong filamentary appearance of the pure argon discharge to a more diffuse appearance.
Subject: alumina dielectric; CFC-12; dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); gas phase products; discharge characterisation; nonequilibrium plasma
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1342162
Identifier: uon:28906
Identifier: ISSN:1612-8850
Language: eng
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