# Plasma Kinetics in the Ethanol/Water/Air Mixture in "Tornado" Type Electrical Discharge

Source: [Plasma Kinetics in the Ethanol/Water/Air Mixture in "Tornado" Type Electrical Discharge](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa2a271e209131ce83acf4>)

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Authors: D. Levko, A. Shchedrin, V. Chernyak, S. Olszewski, O. Nedybaliuk

Published: 2011-02-20T14:13:37.000Z

## Abstract

This paper presents the results of a theoretical and experimental study of plasma-assisted reforming of ethanol into molecular hydrogen in a new modification of the "tornado" type electrical discharge. Numerical modeling clarifies the nature of the non-thermal conversion and explains the kinetic mechanism of nonequilibrium plasma-chemical transformations in the gas-liquid system and the evolution of hydrogen during the reforming as a function of discharge parameters and ethanol-to-water ratio in the mixture. We also propose a scheme of chemical reactions for plasma kinetics description. It is shown that some characteristics of the investigated reactor are at least not inferior to characteristics of other plasma chemical reactors.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.4071>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1102.4071.pdf>)