Effect of gas mixture composition on tar removal process in a pulsed corona discharge reactor

Abstract

Results of simulation of naphthalene removal from nitrogen and its mixture with water vapour by a sequence of corona discharge pulses are presented. A comparison of the data calculated on the basis of two approaches is presented: with approximate and detailed account of reactions involving charged species. It is shown that approximate account gives the efficiency of naphthalene removal close to that obtained basing on more detailed approach. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.