BARC/PUB/2013/0100

 
 

Dielectric Barrier Discharge Assisted Transformation of Cyclohexane to C1 and C2 Hydrocarbons

 
     
 
Author(s)

Dey, G. R.; Das, T. N.
(RPCD)

Source

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2013. Vol. 41 (1): pp. 140-146

ABSTRACT

Efficient transformation of cyclohexaneg to methane, ethylene, and acetylene in argon dielectric barrier discharge is reported. In the absence of another H-atom donating source in the reaction mixture, such products’ generation suggests in situ fragmentation of a fraction of parent molecules to C1 and C2 stages, followed by preferential reactions of these fragments with H-atoms freed along. Simultaneous  formation of nonvolatile deposits containing diverse oxygenated and nonoxygenated long-chained aliphatic and cyclic compounds also occurred due to the remaining fraction’s reactions, including some with the unreacted parent and the adsorbed moisture on dielectric surfaces. The presence of 4% O2 in the gas mixture induced a significant decrease in gas-phase hydrocarbons’ yields in addition to a change in the nonvolatile products’ nature.

 
 
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