Chemical reaction by plasma in gas-liquid two-phase flow system
ORAL
Abstract
Two plasma processes using gasliquid two-phase flow were developed. One is gas/liquid slug flow in capillary glass tube where gas bubbles moved stably in liquid flow. Plasma was generated in bubbles by pulsed bipolar voltage and the liquid phase was mixed by circulated convection due to shearing force. As a gas, air, argon, helium, oxygen, or nitrogen was used. The pulsed bipolar voltage of 10 kV was applied at 10 kHz. The generated plasma was evaluated by ICCD image and high speed camera. The optical emission spectra was analyzed to identify the active species. By using this process, organic compound dissolved in liquid aqueous phase was reacted with oxidation. Another process was creeping plasma on flowing liquid film along glass tube outer surface. Owing to the thin film thickness, organic compound dissolved in liquid phase was reacted effectively. Therefore, effective reaction process could be established in gas/liquid two-phase flow by controlling the gas/liquid flow.
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