Triboplasma assisted chemical conversion in granular systems: a semi-analytic model

Sitaraman, Hariswaran; Sundaresan, Sankaran

doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ad9753

Title: Triboplasma assisted chemical conversion in granular systems: a semi-analytic model

Journal Article · 23 December 2024 · Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad9753 · OSTI ID:2522742

^[1]; Sundaresan, Sankaran ^[2]

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Princeton University, NJ (United States)

We present a semi-analytic model for a novel plasma-assisted chemical conversion pathway using triboplasmas generated in granular flows. Triboelectric charge relaxation is a well known phenomena where the potential generated from contact charging of particles exceeds the breakdown voltage of the background gas. In this work, we extend the triboelectric charge relaxation theory to include non equilibrium plasma energy and particle balance equations to predict the formation of dissociated and excited species that act as precursors to chemical conversion, for example in plasma-assisted ammonia synthesis. Our example case study with nitrogen background gas and teflon/aluminum tribomaterial system yielded high excited nitrogen species densities per collision that are comparable to current plasma-assisted conversion pathways. We also present a regime diagram for various gases where Paschen breakdown parameters are used to determine whether triboplasmas can be formed for a given effective work-function difference between two materials. Our sensitivity studies indicate particle velocity, particle radius, solids fraction and space charge effects play a critical role in overall plasma densities and excited species production.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 2522742

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--2C00-91507; MainId:93285; UUID:ea5b0d2d-6436-4cb5-a518-ec738ce6c391; MainAdminId:75529

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 58; ISSN 0022-3727

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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