ELECTRON-IMPACT DISSOCIATION OF MOLECULAR NITROGEN IN ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE NONTHERMAL PLASMA REACTORS

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PENETRANTE, BM [1 ]
HSIAO, MC [1 ]
MERRITT, BT [1 ]
VOGTLIN, GE [1 ]
WALLMAN, PH [1 ]
KUTHI, A [1 ]
BURKHART, CP [1 ]
BAYLESS, JR [1 ]
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[1] FIRST POINT SCI INC, AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301 USA
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10.1063/1.114876
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This letter presents measurements of the specific energy consumption (eV per molecule) for electron-impact dissociation of N-2 (e+N-2-->e+N+N) in a pulsed corona and an electron beam reactor. Measurements were done using 100 pm of NO in N-2. In this mixture the removal of NO is dominated by the reduction reaction N+NO-->N-2+O. By measuring the specific energy consumption for reduction of NO, these experiments provide a good measure of the specific energy consumption for electron-impact dissociation of N-2. The specific energy consumption using pulsed corona processing is 480 eV per dissociated N-2 molecule. For electron beam processing, the specific energy consumption is 80 eV per dissociated N-2 molecule. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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