Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis in the presence of Organic Waste

Abstract

The present experimental study was conducted to analyze the interaction between contact glow discharge electrolysis and biomass. For comparison, two sets of tests were conducted, first in the absence of biomass and second in the presence of biomass. It was observed that when limited electrolyte was present in the liquid, the process of normal electrolysis did not transition to contact glow discharge electrolysis. Addition of biomass to the liquid, increased the overall concentration of electrolyte and the process transitioned to contact glow discharge electrolysis after a critical current density was reached near the electrode with smaller surface area. Further, it was observed that most of the energy was consumed in generating steam instead of performing gasification of biomass.