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Plasma Processing of Diesel Exhaust by Pulsed Corona Discharge
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This paper reports efficient treatment of diesel emission with transient, non-equilibrium plasma created by a pulsed corona discharge. The transient plasma (∼50 ns) is found to reduce NOx emission in a flow of 1-10 liters/ second with energy cost ≤10-20 eV/molecule, corresponding to a fraction of source power of ∼5%. The efficiency of NOx reduction is a complex function of parameters that include pulse width, pulse polarity, current density, repetition rate, and reactor design. It was found that best efficiencies are correlated with a low current density (0.2A/cm2) and high repetition rate (1kHz) under high flow rate. Careful optimization of all these parameters is required to reach cost effective NOx reduction.
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Authors
- Victor Puchkarev - University of Southern California Department of Electrical Engineering-Electrophysics
- Greg Roth - University of Southern California Department of Electrical Engineering-Electrophysics
- Martin Gundersen - University of Southern California Department of Electrical Engineering-Electrophysics
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Puchkarev, V., Roth, G., and Gundersen, M., "Plasma Processing of Diesel Exhaust by Pulsed Corona Discharge," SAE Technical Paper 982516, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/982516.Also In
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