Comparison between performances of surface and volume nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharges for the treatment of volatile organic compounds

Pedro Affonso Nobrega (1) , Nicole Blin-Simiand (2) , Blandine Bournonville (2) , François Jorand (2) , Bernard Lacour (2) , Stéphane Pasquiers (2) , Vandad-Julien Rohani (1) , François Cauneau (1) , Laurent Fulcheri (1)

1 PERSEE - Centre Procédés, Énergies Renouvelables, Systèmes Énergétiques
2 LPGP - Laboratoire de physique des gaz et des plasmas

Non-thermal plasmas reactors are a promising alternative for treating volatile organic compounds present in air effluents. In this work, we compare the efficiencies of volume and surface nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharges for the destruction of ethanol. Surface configuration was found to be much more efficient, with its characteristic energy less than half the one for volume configuration. Further, surface configuration attained more than 80 % destruction at a specific energy input of 100 J/L at 50 ppm.

Mots clés: surface dielectric barrier discharges; volatile organic compounds; nanosecond pulses

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Energétique

Pedro Affonso Nobrega, Nicole Blin-Simiand, Blandine Bournonville, François Jorand, Bernard Lacour, et al.. Comparison between performances of surface and volume nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharges for the treatment of volatile organic compounds. 23rd International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry - ISPC 23, Jul 2017, Montréal, Canada. ⟨hal-01524685⟩