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Title
Burning questions of plasma catalysis : answers by modeling
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Abstract
Plasma catalysis is promising for various environmental, energy and chemical synthesis applications, but the underlying mechanisms are far from understood. Modeling can help to obtain a better insight in these mechanisms. Some burning questions relate to the plasma behavior inside packed bed reactors and whether plasma can penetrate into catalyst pores. In this paper, we try to provide answers to these questions, by means of both fluid modeling and particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision simulations. We present a short overview of recent findings obtained in our group by means of modeling, i.e., the enhanced electric field near the contact points and the streamer propagation through the packing in packed bed reactors, as well as the plasma behavior in catalyst pores, to determine the minimum pore size in which plasma streamers can penetrate.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Catalysis today. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2019
ISSN
0920-5861
DOI
10.1016/J.CATTOD.2019.04.077
Volume/pages
337 (2019) , p. 3-14
ISI
000482179500002
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Towards a fundamental understanding of a gliding arc discharge for the purpose of greenhouse gas conversion into value-added chemicals (GlidArc).
Computer modelling and experimental validation of plasmas and plasma- surface interactions, for a deep insight in cryogenic etching (Cryoetch).
Multi-scale modeling of plasma catalysis/
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 02.10.2024
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