Energy efficiency of hydrogen sulfide decomposition in a pulsed corona discharge reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 4826-4834

  John, Sanil ^a   Hamann, Jerry C ^a   Muknahallipatna, Suresh S ^a   Legowski, Stanislaw ^a   Ackerman, John F ^a   Argyle, Morris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Fuel; Hydrogen sulfide dissociation; Kinetics; Pulsed corona discharge plasma; Reaction engineering

Indexed keywords

CHARGE VOLTAGE; CONSTANT POWER; CORONA DISCHARGES; DISSOCIATION KINETICS; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; ELECTRON ATTACHMENT REACTIONS; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EQUIMOLAR MIXTURES; GAS COMPOSITIONS; NON-VACUUM; PLASMA REACTORS; PULSE FREQUENCIES; PULSED CORONA; PULSED CORONA DISCHARGE REACTORS; PULSED CORONA DISCHARGES; REACTION MECHANISM; TUBE REACTORS; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

ARGON; CAPACITANCE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS MIXTURES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA THEORY; QUARTZ; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

HIGH ENERGY FORMING;

EID: 71549135247     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.07.034     Document Type: Article

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