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Recently, atmospheric non-equilibrium plasma has been proposed as a potential and novel type of “reaction carrier” for the activation and conversion of greenhouse gases (methane and carbon dioxide) into value-added chemicals, due to its unique non-equilibrium characteristics. In this paper, a zero-dimensional plasma chemical reaction kinetic model in CH4/CO2 gas mixture is constructed, with an emphasis on reaction mechanism for plasma dry reforming of methane to syngas and oxygenates. Especially, the effect of the CH4 molar fraction (5%–95%) on plasma dry reforming of methane is investigated. First, the time evolution of electron temperature and density with initial methane content is presented, and the results show that both the electron temperature and electron density vary periodically with the applied triangular power density pulse, and the higher initial methane content in gas mixture is favored for a larger electron temperature and density. Subsequently, the time evolution of number densities of free radicals, ions and molecules at different CH4/CO2 molar fraction are given. The higher the initial methane content, the greater the number densities of H, H–, H2, and CH3, leading to insufficient oxygen atoms to participate in the reaction for oxygenates synthesis. The conversions of inlet gases, the selectivities of syngas and important oxygenates are also calculated. The conversion rate of carbon dioxide increases with the increasing methane content, but the conversion rate of methane is insensitive to the variation of methane content. As methane mole fraction is increased from 5% to 95%, the selectivities of important oxygenates (CH3OH and CH2O) are relatively low (<5%), and the selectivity of H2 gradually increases from 13.0% to 24.6%, while the selectivity of CO significantly decreases from 58.9% to 9.7%. Moreover, the dominant reaction pathways governing production and destruction of H2, CO, CH2O and CH3OH are determined, and CH3 and OH radicals are found to be the key intermediate for the production of valuable oxygenates. Finally, a schematic overview of the transformation relationship between dominant plasma species is summarized and shown to clearly reveal intrinsic reaction mechanism of dry reforming of methane in atmospheric non-equilibrium plasma.
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Keywords:
- atmospheric pressure non-equilibrium plasma /
- dry reforming of methane /
- zero-dimensional chemical reaction kinetic model /
- reaction mechanism
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图 1 甲烷摩尔分数为10%, 30%, 50%, 70%和90%时的电子温度随时间演化规律
Figure 1. Electron temperature as a function of time for methane mole fractions of 10%, 30%, 50%, 70% and 90%.
图 2 甲烷摩尔分数为10%, 30%, 50%, 70%和90%时的电子密度随时间变化趋势
Figure 2. Electron density as a function of time for methane mole fractions of 10%, 30%, 50%, 70% and 90%.
图 3 (a) 10%, (b) 50%和(c) 90%甲烷摩尔分数时主要自由基的数密度随时间变化趋势, 以及(d) 主要自由基的周期平均值随甲烷摩尔分数的变化
Figure 3. The number densities of main radicals as a function of time for methane mole fractions of (a) 10%, (b) 50%, (c) 90%, and (d) time averaged number densities of main radicals as a function of initial CH4 fraction.
图 4 (a) 10%, (b) 50%和(c) 90%甲烷摩尔分数时主要离子的数密度随时间的变化趋势, 以及(d)主要离子的周期平均值随甲烷摩尔分数的变化
Figure 4. The number densities of main ions as a function of time for methane mole fractions of (a) 10%, (b) 50%, (c) 90%, and (d) time averaged densities of main ions as a function of initial CH4 fraction.
图 5 (a) 10%, (b) 50%和(c) 90%甲烷摩尔分数时主要分子数密度随时间的变化规律, 及(d)主要分子的周期平均值随甲烷摩尔分数的变化
Figure 5. The number densities of main molecules as a function of time for methane mole fractions of (a) 10%, (b) 50%, (c) 90%, and (d) time averaged densities of main molecules as a function of initial CH4 fraction.
图 6 (a)进料气体的转化率和(b)合成气和重要含氧化合物的选择性随着甲烷摩尔分数的变化趋势
Figure 6. Time-averaged (a) conversion, (b) selectivity as a function of initial CH4 mole fraction.
图 10 H2的主要生成和损耗反应的时间平均反应速率随甲烷摩尔分数的变化柱状图 (a) 10%, (b) 50%, (c) 90%
Figure 10. Time-averaged reaction rates of the dominant reaction pathways for the production and consumption of H2 as a function of methane mole fraction (a) 10%, (b) 50%, (c) 90%.
图 8 CH3OH的主要生成和损耗反应的时间平均反应速率随甲烷摩尔分数的变化柱状图 (a) 10%, (b) 50%, (c) 90%
Figure 8. Time-averaged reaction rates of the dominant reaction pathways for the production and consumption of CH3OH as a function of methane mole fraction: (a) 10%, (b) 50%, (c) 90%.
图 9 CO的主要生成和损耗反应的时间平均反应速率随甲烷摩尔分数的变化柱状图 (a) 10%, (b) 50%, (c) 90%
Figure 9. Time-averaged reaction rates of the dominant reaction pathways for the production and consumption of CO as a function of methane mole fraction (a) 10%, (b) 50%, (c) 90%.
图 7 CH2O的主要生成和损耗反应的时间平均反应速率随甲烷摩尔分数的变化柱状图 (a) 10%, (b) 50%, (c) 90%
Figure 7. Time-averaged reaction rates of the dominant reaction pathways for the production and consumption of CH2O as a function of methane mole fraction: (a) 10%, (b) 50%, (c) 90%.
图 11 CH4/CO2摩尔分数比为1:1的大气压非平衡等离子体DRM反应总体流程图. 箭头的粗细与时间平均的净反应速率成线性正比
Figure 11. Schematic overview of the dominant reaction pathways for the conversion of CH4 and CO2 into representative higher oxygenates and syngas in atmospheric non-equilibrium plasma for a 1:1 CH4/CO2 gas mixture. The thickness of the arrows is linearly proportional to time-averaged rate of net reaction.
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[1] Gangadharan P, Kanchi K C, Lou H H 2012 Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 90 1956
Google Scholar
[2] Asinger F 1986 Methanol-Chemie und Energierohstoff (Heidelberg: Springer) pp1−9
[3] Fakley M E, Jennings J R, Spencer M S 1989 J. Catal. 118 483
Google Scholar
[4] Abdulrasheed A, Jalil A A, Gambo Y, Ibrahim M, Hambali H U, Hamid M Y S 2019 Renewable Sustainable Energy Rev. 108 175
Google Scholar
[5] Jang W J, Shim J O, Kim H M, Yoo S Y, Roh H S 2019 Catal. Today 324 15
Google Scholar
[6] Aramouni N A K, Touma J G, Tarboush B A, Zeaiter J, Ahmad M N 2018 Renewable Sustainable Energy Rev. 82 2570
Google Scholar
[7] Wang Y, Yao L, Wang S, Mao D, Hu C 2018 Fuel Process. Technol. 169 199
Google Scholar
[8] Abdullah B, Ghani N A A, Vo D V N 2017 J. Cleaner Prod. 162 170
Google Scholar
[9] Luo Y R 2007 Comprehensive Handbook of Chemical Bond Energies (Boca Raton: CRC) pp19−342
[10] Zhang X, Wenren Y, Zhou W, Han J, Lu H, Zhu Z, Wu Z, Cha M S 2020 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53 194002
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[11] Brune L, Ozkan A, Genty E, Bocarmé T V, Reniers F 2018 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51 234002
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[12] Maqueo P D G, Coulombe S, Bergthorson J M 2019 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 52 274002
Google Scholar
[13] Alawi N M, Sunarso J, Pham G H, Barifcani A, Nguyen M H, Liu S 2020 J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 85 118
Google Scholar
[14] 王晓玲, 高远, 张帅, 孙昊, 李杰, 邵涛 2019 电工技术学报 34 1329
Wang X L, Gao Y, Zhang S, Sun H, Li J, Shao T 2019 Trans. Chin. Electrotechn. Soc. 34 1329
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Wang J L, Ding F, Zhu X D 2015 Acta Phys. Sin. 64 045206
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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