Citation: WANG Hao, SONG Ling-Jun, LI Xing-Hu, YUE Li-Meng. Hydrogen Production from Partial Oxidation of Methane by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Reforming[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2015, 31(7): 1406-1412. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB201504272 shu

Hydrogen Production from Partial Oxidation of Methane by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Reforming

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School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China

Received Date: 23 January 2015
Available Online: 27 April 2015
Fund Project: 国家自然科学基金(21106002) (21106002)中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(2011113073)资助项目 (2011113073)

This paper presents an in-house-designed dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma reformer for hydrogen production via partial oxidation reforming of methane. We examined the effects of oxygen/carbon (O/C) molar ratio, feed flow rate, discharge gap, discharge zone length, filler diameter, filler shape, filler materials, discharge voltage, and discharge frequency on the hydrogen production performance i.e., CH₄ conversion rate, H₂ yield, and selectivity of products (H₂, CO, and CO₂). The experimental results showed that the parameters of the discharge zone played an important role in the CH₄ conversion rate. For instance, CH₄ conversion rate increased with increasing discharge zone lengths. When the discharge zone length increased from 5 to 20 cm, CH₄ conversion rate increased from 6.87% to 22.26%, which corresponds to an improvement of 224%. Also, the fillers in the discharge zone strongly influenced the hydrogen production performance. Using reactors with fillers generated higher CH₄ conversion rates. Moreover, using fillers with more appropriate dielectric constants is advantageous for practical application. The H₂ yield and hydrogen selectivity increased with increasing discharge frequency. Specifically, when the discharge frequency increased from 1.5 to 7.0 kHz, H₂ yield increased from 1.10% to 9.49%, and hydrogen selectivity increased from 21.18% to 30.06%. It is believed that the current results would serve as a od guideline in hydrogen production from hydrocarbon fuels by plasma reforming.
- Dielectric barrier discharge,
- Reforming,
- Hydrogen production,
- Plasma,
- Methane,
- Partial oxidation
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