Sustainable NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> production from air in pulsed plasma: elucidating the chemistry behind the low energy consumption
Elise Vervloessem, Yury Gorbanev, Anton Nikiforov, Nathalie De Geyter, Annemie Bogaerts
Abstract
The experimentally validated model pinpoints the essential pulsed power characteristics in the plasma-based NO x production from air, which reveals the appealing prospects of pulsing in the field of alternative synthetic fertiliser production.
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PlasmaProduction (economics)Plasma chemistryPower consumptionSustainable productionSustainable energyEnergy consumptionChemistryField (mathematics)Consumption (sociology)Process engineeringEnvironmental scienceMaterials sciencePower (physics)Renewable energyThermodynamicsPhysicsElectrical engineeringEngineeringNuclear physicsEconomicsSocial scienceMathematicsPure mathematicsSociologyMacroeconomicsPlasma Applications and DiagnosticsCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction