Atmospheric Pressure Ammonia Synthesis Using Non-thermal Plasma Assisted Catalysis

被引:137
作者
Peng, Peng [1 ]
Li, Yun [1 ]
Cheng, Yanling [1 ]
Deng, Shaobo [1 ]
Chen, Paul [1 ]
Ruan, Roger [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Dept Bioprod & Biosyst Engn, Ctr Biorefining, 1390 Eckles Ave, St Paul, MN 55108 USA
关键词
Non-thermal plasma; Catalytic ammonia synthesis; Atmospheric pressure; Low temperature; DIELECTRIC-BARRIER-DISCHARGE; ADSORPTION; NO;
D O I
10.1007/s11090-016-9713-6
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
This paper described a novel and green approach on catalytic ammonia synthesis using non-thermal plasma (NTP). The process studied in this paper involves the synthesis and absorption of ammonia under atmospheric pressure and low temperature. The effects of operational parameters including applied voltage, frequency, gas component and flow rate on ammonia synthesis under NTP conditions are studied in this paper. In addition, different selected catalysts and absorbents were investigated under different conditions of NTP treatment and the ammonia efficiency was reported and analyzed. Ru catalyst with carbon nanotube support, along with Cs promoter and micro porous absorbents including Molecular Sieve 13X and Amberlyst 15 yield the highest ammonia efficiency in this process. Results further indicated that frequency and applied voltage of 10,000 Hz and 6000 V, with N-2:H-2 feed ratio of 3:1 provided the optimized efficiency of ammonia synthesis of 2.3 gNH(3)/kWh.
引用
收藏
页码:1201 / 1210
页数:10
相关论文
共 32 条
[1]   Modeling Carbon Dioxide Adsorption on Microporous Substrates: Comparison between Cu-BTC Metal-Organic Framework and 13X Zeolitic Molecular Sieve [J].
Aprea, Paolo ;
Caputo, Domenico ;
Gargiulo, Nicola ;
Iucolano, Fabio ;
Pepe, Francesco .
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, 2010, 55 (09) :3655-3661
[2]  
Bai MD, 2000, PLASMA CHEM PLASMA P, V20, P511
[3]   Plasma synthesis of ammonia with a microgap dielectric barrier discharge at ambient pressure [J].
Bai, MD ;
Zhang, ZT ;
Bai, XY ;
Bai, MD ;
Ning, W .
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 2003, 31 (06) :1285-1291
[4]   Characterization of an asymmetric DBD plasma jet source at atmospheric pressure [J].
Chauvet, Laura ;
Therese, Laurent ;
Caillier, Bruno ;
Guillot, Philippe .
JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, 2014, 29 (11) :2050-2057
[5]   NONEQUILIBRIUM VOLUME PLASMA CHEMICAL-PROCESSING [J].
ELIASSON, B ;
KOGELSCHATZ, U .
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 1991, 19 (06) :1063-1077
[6]  
Fridman A., 2004, Plasma Physics and Engineering
[7]  
Gilland B., 2014, The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, V39, P166
[8]   Nitrides as ammonia synthesis catalysts and as potential nitrogen transfer reagents [J].
Hargreaves, J. S. J. .
APPLIED PETROCHEMICAL RESEARCH, 2014, 4 (01) :3-10
[9]   Ammonia Synthesis Enhanced by Magnesium Chloride Absorption [J].
Himstedt, Heath H. ;
Huberty, Mark S. ;
McCormick, Alon V. ;
Schmidt, Lanny D. ;
Cussler, E. L. .
AICHE JOURNAL, 2015, 61 (04) :1364-1371
[10]   Ammonia synthesis on magnesia supported ruthenium catalysts with mesoporous structure [J].
Iwamoto, Jun ;
Itoh, Masahiro ;
Kajita, Yoshio ;
Saito, Makoto ;
Machida, Ken-ichi .
CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS, 2007, 8 (06) :941-944