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Effect of Nitrogen Addition to Ozone Generation Characteristics by Diffuse and Filamentary Dielectric Barrier Discharges at Atmo Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. (2017) 78: 20804 HE UROPEAN DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2017160471 T E PHYSICAL JOURNAL APPLIED PHYSICS Regular Article Effect of nitrogen addition to ozone generation characteristics by diffuse and filamentary dielectric barrier discharges at atmospheric pressure Naoki Osawaa, Takafumi Tsuji, Ryota Ogiso, and Yoshio Yoshioka Kanazawa Institute of Technology, 7-1 Ohgigaoka Nonoichi Ishikawa, Japan Received: 14 December 2016 / Received in final form: 28 February 2017 / Accepted: 13 April 2017 c The Author(s) 2017 Abstract. Ozone is widely used for gas treatment, advanced oxidation processes, microorganisms inac- tivation, etc. In this research, we investigated the effect of nitrogen addition to ozone generation char- acteristics by atmospheric pressure Townsend discharge (APTD) type and filamentary dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) type ozone generators. The result showed that the ozone generated by the filamentary DBD increases rapidly with the increase of O2 content, and is higher than that by the APTD. On the other hand, it is interesting that the ozone generated by the APTD gradually decreases with the increase of O2 content. In order to clarify why the characteristics of ozone generation by the two kinds of dis- charge modes showed different dependency to the N2 content, we analyzed the exhaust gas composition using FTIR spectroscopy and calculated the rate coefficients using BOLSIG+ code. As a result, we found that although O2 content decreased with increasing N2 content, additional O atoms produced by excited N2 molecules contribute to ozone generation in case of APTD. 1 Introduction the ozone yield by the APTD was lower than that by the filamentary DBD in the small specific input energy Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) type ozone generators (SIE) region. However in the large SIE region, the yield by are widely used for gas treatment [1], Advanced Oxidation the APTD was higher than that by the filamentary DBD, Processes (AOPs) for treatment of water [2], microorgan- (2) in the case of O2-fed ozone generator, the maximum isms inactivation [3], etc. So far, various methods have ozone yield by APTD was almost the same as that been studied to improve the energy efficiency [4] and the obtained by air-fed ozone generators. We also investigated ozone yield [5]. We have investigated efficient ozone gen- the by-products generation characteristics by the two erating methods by DBD. One of the investigations was a kinds of air-fed ozone generators using FTIR spectro- numerical simulation of chemical reactions [6]. The results scopy [10]. As a result, it was found that concentrations showed that since the O radicals are generated mainly of HNO3,N2O5 and N2O in ozone gas by APTD type at the center of filamentary micro discharges (FDs), the ozone generators were lower than those of by filamentary ozone generation efficiency is governed by the diffusion DBD type ozone generators at the same ozone concen- speed of O radicals. Therefore, we considered that diffuse tration. It was understood that the lower reduced electric DBD will improve the ozone yield, because the O radi- field of APTD suppressed the formation of the nitrogen cals are generated in the whole discharge space. After the oxides [10,11]. study, we succeeded in generating a diffuse DBD in air, N2 In the case of filamentary DBD type air-fed ozone gen- and O2 at atmospheric pressure by a DBD device using erators, the ozone generation mechanisms were clarified by alumina barriers [7]. The DBD was found to be a kind of numerical simulations of plasma chemical kinetics and atmospheric pressure Townsend discharge (APTD). Then, experiments. The existence of nitrogen molecules lead to we applied the APTD to air-fed and O2-fed ozone gener- (1) ozone decomposition by the catalytic reactions of NO ators, and investigated the ozone yield [8,9]. As a result, and NO2 [12], (2) but on the other hand, there is an addi- we found that (1) in the case of air-fed ozone generator, tional ozone formation by subsequent nitrogen atoms [1]. Since the effect of ozone decomposition reactions are big- a e-mail: [email protected] ger than that of additional ozone formation reactions by Contribution to the topical issue “The 15th International nitrogen atoms, the ozone yields by air-fed ozone gener- Symposium on High Pressure Low Temperature Plasma ators are low in comparison with O2-fed ozone genera- Chemistry (HAKONE XV)”, edited by Nicolas Gherardi and tors. However, in the case of APTD type ozone generators, Tom´aˇsHoder the maximum ozone yield of the O2-fed ozone generator 20804-p1 The European Physical Journal Applied Physics Step-up transformer H.V. probe (1:150) (2000:1) AC Electrode Ozone generator Power O2 MFC Mixing Source device N2 MFC By-pass Barrier valve Integral Shunt capacitor resistor [Alumina] μ Ω (0.1 F) (10 k ) FTIR with gas cell (3 m) Ch.3 Ch.1 Ch.2 Ozone Gas out Differential monitor Oscilloscope probe (200 MHz, 2.0 GS/s) (100 MHz) Gas out Fig. 1. Experimental setup. was almost the same as that obtained by air-fed ozone The electrode size was 62 cm2.Weusedtheplanetype generators. Therefore, it seems that the ozone generation ozone generators [8,9]. The gap length was fixed to 2 mm. mechanism is different from filamentary DBD ozone generators. In this paper, in order to clarify why the ozone yield 3Results by APTD did not increase by using O2 as source gas, we investigated the effect of the admixture ratio of N2 and 3.1 Discharge characteristics of APTD O2 in source gas. and filamentary DBD Figure 2 shows discharge characteristics of the DBD 2 Experimental setup device using A473 alumina. The admixture ratio of N2/O2 was changed in this experiment [13]. From Figure 2a, it is Figure 1 shows an experimental setup. O2 (purity: 99.5%) seen that the discharge current flowed continuously with- and N2 (purity: 99.95%) were used as source gas of the out sharp pulses at all admixture ratios. Looking at the ozone generator [13]. Absolute humidity of these gases figure more precisely, it can be seen that the inception 3 was 119.3 mg/m . Total flow rate of the mixed gas was of the discharges became faster with the increase of O2 fixed to 2.0 L/min using two mass flow controllers (SEC- content. Gap voltage during discharge can be calculated 400mk3, Horiba Ltd.). The admixture ratio of N2 and O2 from the difference of voltages applied to the DBD device was changed by changing flow rates of N2 and O2 gases. and to the barrier plates [14]. The gap voltages thus calcu- Ozone concentration was measured by an UV absorption lated are also shown in Figure 2a. It is seen that the gap type ozone monitor (EG-3000B/01, Ebara Jitsugyo Co., voltages are constant during discharge at all admixture Ltd.). Nitrogen oxides were analyzed by FTIR spectro- ratios, however the values became smaller with increasing scopy (IR Affinity-1, Shimadzu Co.) with a gas cell (opti- the O2 content. It is because the electric fields required cal path length: 3 m, Gemini Scientific Instruments). for Townsend breakdown of O2 gas is lower than that of AC high voltage was applied to the ozone generator by N2 gas [15]. From Figure 2a, it is apparent that APTDs a step-up transformer. The maximum applied voltage (V) were generated not only in 100% N2 but also in any N2/O2 and frequency were 13.6 kVp and 50 Hz respectively. The mixed gas. In the literature [16,17], it is described that applied voltage and the current were measured by an oscil- the APTD in pure nitrogen can be maintained by seed 3Σ+ loscope (TDS-2024B, Tektronix, Inc.) using a high voltage electrons created by collisions between N2(A u )and 1Σ− probe (EP-50K, Pulse Electronic Engineering Co., Ltd.) N2(a’ u ). If a small amount of O2 is mixed in N2 gas, and a differential probe (700924, Yokogawa Electric Co.) these metastable are quenched, and the discharge mode respectively. The integral of the current (charge q)was changes from APTD to filamentary DBD. However, since measured from the voltage drop across an integral capac- our APTD can be generated in all gas conditions, we itor (0.1 μF). Besides, the discharge power was calculated had to consider another mechanism. We think that homo- by multiplying the area of V–q Lissajous figure by power geneity of the charged particles (electrons and/or ions) frequency. Alumina (Material code: A473 and A440, deposition, desorption and secondary electron emission thickness: 1 mm, Kyocera Co.) was used as the barrier from alumina barrier are playing an important role to the material of the discharge device. Here, A473 alumina bar- generation of our APTD [10,11]. Figure 2bshowsV-q rier can generate APTD, on the other hand, A440 alumna Lissajous figures. All N2/O2 mixtures show a parallelo- barrier cannot generate APTD. Relative permittivity and gram. Discharge sustaining voltage (Vg) increased with surface roughness of barriers are almost the same [10]. increasing N2 content. On the other hand, the amount of 20804-p2 N. Osawa et al.: Effect of nitrogen addition to ozone generation characteristics (a) (b) (c) (d) Fig. 2. Discharge characteristics of APTD. (a) Voltage and current waveforms, (b) Lissajous figures, (c) reduced electric field and (d) discharge power and SIE at various N2 content. charge during discharge (dq) decreased with increasing N2 of N2 content. They are around 2.2 W and there is no content. Figure 2c shows the reduced electric field (E/n) change by the admixture ratio. calculated by dividing the electric field strength between barriers during discharge (= Vg/d) by gas density [11].
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