Nitric oxide conversion and ozone synthesis in a shielded sliding discharge reactor with positive and negative streamers

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-109

  Malik, Muhammad Arif ^a   Schoenbach, Karl H ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative streamer discharges; Nitric oxide conversion; Non thermal plasma; Ozone generation; Positive streamer discharges; Pulsed corona discharges; Shielded sliding discharges; Sliding discharges

Indexed keywords

NEGATIVE STREAMERS; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; OZONE GENERATION; POSITIVE STREAMERS; PULSED CORONA DISCHARGES; SLIDING DISCHARGES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; OZONE LAYER;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84891873504     PISSN: 02724324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11090-013-9497-x     Document Type: Article

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