Development of a non-thermal gliding-arc discharge reactor for biomass tar treatment

© 2019, Paulus Editora. All rights reserved. Non-thermal plasma technology is an interesting method for removal of tar from gasified biomass. In this study, AC gliding-arc reactors with a reverse vortex flow configuration were developed for biomass tar treatment. Successful generation of plasma disc...

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Main Authors: Kittikorn Sasujit, Natthawud Dussadee, Nakorn Tippayawong
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-666332019-09-16T12:51:50Z Development of a non-thermal gliding-arc discharge reactor for biomass tar treatment Kittikorn Sasujit Natthawud Dussadee Nakorn Tippayawong Computer Science Engineering © 2019, Paulus Editora. All rights reserved. Non-thermal plasma technology is an interesting method for removal of tar from gasified biomass. In this study, AC gliding-arc reactors with a reverse vortex flow configuration were developed for biomass tar treatment. Successful generation of plasma discharge was obtained at high volume flows of treated gas. Preliminary experimental results showed that the onset of electric discharge occurred at about 10 kV. A large number of plasma discharges was evident. For our developed prototype, electric power input, total gas feed rate, and various carrier gases (Air, N2, N2+C10H8) were adjusted to investigate their effects on the discharge phenomena. The reverse vortex flow gliding arc discharges showed high residence times for potential chemical reactions inside the reactor. From preliminary tests, maximum removal efficiency of a representative tar compound of more than 93% was found, at an energy utilization efficiency of about 30 g/kWh. 2019-09-16T12:50:12Z 2019-09-16T12:50:12Z 2019-06-14 Journal 25396218 25396161 2-s2.0-85070613021 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85070613021&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/66633
institution Chiang Mai University
building Chiang Mai University Library
country Thailand
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topic Computer Science
Engineering
spellingShingle Computer Science
Engineering
Kittikorn Sasujit
Natthawud Dussadee
Nakorn Tippayawong
Development of a non-thermal gliding-arc discharge reactor for biomass tar treatment
description © 2019, Paulus Editora. All rights reserved. Non-thermal plasma technology is an interesting method for removal of tar from gasified biomass. In this study, AC gliding-arc reactors with a reverse vortex flow configuration were developed for biomass tar treatment. Successful generation of plasma discharge was obtained at high volume flows of treated gas. Preliminary experimental results showed that the onset of electric discharge occurred at about 10 kV. A large number of plasma discharges was evident. For our developed prototype, electric power input, total gas feed rate, and various carrier gases (Air, N2, N2+C10H8) were adjusted to investigate their effects on the discharge phenomena. The reverse vortex flow gliding arc discharges showed high residence times for potential chemical reactions inside the reactor. From preliminary tests, maximum removal efficiency of a representative tar compound of more than 93% was found, at an energy utilization efficiency of about 30 g/kWh.
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author Kittikorn Sasujit
Natthawud Dussadee
Nakorn Tippayawong
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Natthawud Dussadee
Nakorn Tippayawong
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title Development of a non-thermal gliding-arc discharge reactor for biomass tar treatment
title_short Development of a non-thermal gliding-arc discharge reactor for biomass tar treatment
title_full Development of a non-thermal gliding-arc discharge reactor for biomass tar treatment
title_fullStr Development of a non-thermal gliding-arc discharge reactor for biomass tar treatment
title_full_unstemmed Development of a non-thermal gliding-arc discharge reactor for biomass tar treatment
title_sort development of a non-thermal gliding-arc discharge reactor for biomass tar treatment
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