PROCESSING OF HYDROCARBONS DRIVEN BY ELECTRON BEAM AND NON-THERMAL PLASMAS

Abstract

Abstract: Energetic processing of liquid and gas phase hydrocarbons as Crude Oil, Methane (CH4) and Acetylene (C2H2) driven by Electron-Beam plasma, as well as other nonthermal plasma generation techniques as Radio Frequency (RF) discharges, Direct Current (DC) discharges, and Hybrid Plasma (HP) discharges has been studied in plasmachemical reactor in conditions of low temperatures and low pressures. Experimental results show the cracking of long molecules and polymerization of shorter ones using different plasma modes. Analysis of Plasma has been performed using mass spectroscopy, fiber optic spectrometry, Charge-coupled Device (CCD) Camera imaging as well as electric diagnostics techniques as Langmuir probes.