CO2 dissociation in a packed bed DBD reactor: First steps towards a better understanding of plasma catalysis

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 326, Issue , 2017, Pages 477-488

  Michielsen, I ^a   Uytdenhouwen, Y ^a   Pype, J ^a,b   Michielsen, B ^b   Mertens, J ^c   Reniers, F ^c   Meynen, V ^a,b   Bogaerts, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CO2 dissociation; Dielectric barrier discharge reactor; Plasma catalysis; Reactor configuration; Shaped packing materials supports

Indexed keywords

BARIUM TITANATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW CONTROL; PACKED BEDS;

CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE REACTORS; MATERIALS RESEARCH; PACKED-BED PLASMA REACTORS; PACKING MATERIALS; PLASMA CATALYSIS; REACTOR CONFIGURATION; SPECIFIC MATERIALS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 85020203226     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.05.177     Document Type: Article

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