Simulation of the Carbon Synthesis Process in Atmospheric-Pressure Microwave Discharge in an Argon–Ethanol Gas Mixture
О. Г. Напалков, A. И. Сайфутдинов, А. А. Сайфутдинова, Б. А. Тимеркаев
Abstract
Abstract A self-consistent model has been formulated that describes microwave discharge in an argon/ethanol gas mixture. On the basis of this model, two-dimensional numerical calculations have been carried out to study the process of carbon synthesis in nonequilibrium microwave discharge plasma in an argon/ethanol gas mixture at atmospheric pressure for various values of input power. The formation of pure carbon and CH, CH2, and CH3 radicals is shown, and their distributions depending on the power input into the microwave discharge have been investigated.
Topics & Concepts
ArgonChemistryAtmospheric pressureMicrowaveEthanolCarbon fibersRadicalAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Atomic physicsOrganic chemistryMeteorologyMaterials scienceQuantum mechanicsComposite materialComposite numberPhysicsPlasma Applications and DiagnosticsPlasma Diagnostics and ApplicationsGyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research