Stainless steel membrane distributor-type dielectric barrier discharge
plasma reactor for co-conversion of CH4/CO2
Abstract
Flow arrangement in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma reactor
is key to affect multi-component gas reactions (e.g., dry reforming of
methane). Herein, a stainless-steel membrane distributor-type DBD
reactor was developed to allow the change of gas flow arrangements
freely to understand their effect on plasma-assisted CH4/CO2 conversion
to syngas. Variation of gas flow arrangements in the DBD reactor could
regulate the reaction performance. Also, inclusion of packing materials,
especially ones with low packing density, in the DBD reactor could
enhance the effect of gas flow arrangement compared to the plasma-alone
DBD. Specially, the DBD reactor with CO2 feed in the quartz wool packed
discharge zone and CH4 distributed via the membrane exhibited a good
stability over 300 min on stream, with rather stable CO2/CH4 conversions
of ~30%/50%, H2/CO selectivity of
~46%/55%, H2/CO molar ratio of 0.8–1.0, and energy
efficiency of 0.25–0.35 mmol·kJ−1.