Decomposition of carbon dioxide in a discharge maintained by continuous focused sub-terahetz radiation at atmospheric pressure
Sintsov S. V. 1, Mansfeld D. A. 1, Veselov A. P.1, Fokin A. P.1, Ananichev A. A.1, Glyavin M. Yu.1, Vodopyanov A. V. 1
1Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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For the first time, experiments were carried out on the decomposition of carbon dioxide in a plasma torch maintained by continuous focused gyrotron radiation with a frequency of 263 GHz in an argon flow at atmospheric pressure. It is shown that, despite the decrease in the electron density by a factor of 5, when 3% carbon dioxide is added to the plasma-forming gas, it is possible to achieve its degree of conversion of 22% due to the nonequilibrium nature of maintaining the discharge. Thus, the prospects of using high-power electromagnetic radiation in the sub-terahertz range for solving plasma-chemical problems of the decomposition of highly stable molecules have been demonstrated. Keywords: microwave discharge, nonequilibrium plasma, gyrotron, subterahertz radiation, CO2 decomposition. Keywords: microwave discharge, nonequilibrium plasma, gyrotron, subterahertz radiation, CO2 decomposition.
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