Low temperature plasma reforming of hydrocarbon fuels into hydrogen and carbon suboxide for energy generation without CO 2 emission

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5 PART 2, 2012, Pages 1362-1370

  Odeyemi, Fela ^a   Pekker, Mikhail ^a   Rabinovich, Alexander ^a   Fridman, Alexander A ^a   Heon, Min ^b   Mochalin, Vadym N ^b   Gogotsi, Yury ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Butane; carbon suboxide; coal; dielectric barrier discharge; partial oxidation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PROCESS; CARBON SUBOXIDES; CONVERSION PROCESS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GENERATIONS; HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK; HYDROCARBON FUEL; LOW QUALITIES; LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMAS; N-BUTANE; NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; PARTIAL OXIDATIONS; SOLID CARBON; SYN-GAS; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

BUTANE; CARBON; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FERTILIZERS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; PETROLEUM REFINING; SYNTHESIS GAS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84860883497     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2190106     Document Type: Article

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