Issue Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. Volume 47, Number 2, August 2009 11th International Symposium on High Pressure, Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry (HAKONE XI) Article Number 22816 Number of page(s) 9 Section 11th International Symposium on High Pressure, Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry (HAKONE XI) DOI 10.1051/epjap/2009093 Published online 27 May 2009

Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 47, 22816 (2009)
DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2009093

OH kinetics in photo-triggered discharges used for VOCs conversion

L. Magne, N. Blin-Simiand, K. Gadonna, P. Jeanney, F. Jorand, S. Pasquiers and C. Postel

Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas – CNRS UMR 8578, Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 210, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France

lionel.magne@u-psud.fr

Received: 16 December 2008 / Accepted: 20 March 2009 / Published online: 27 May 2009

Abstract
The kinetic of the hydroxyl radical is studied in N₂/O₂/H₂O mixtures with small amounts of acetone or isopropyl alcohol (0.5%). The radical density is measured in absolute value in the afterglow of a photo-triggered discharge, which generates an homogeneous transient non-equilibrium plasma, using a time resolved absorption measurement method. For dry mixtures, experimental results are compared to predictions of a self-consistent 0D discharge and kinetic model. It is shown that dissociation of the VOCs through quenching collisions of nitrogen metastable states plays an important role in the production of OH. Measurements can not be explained looking only at the oxidation of acetone or IPA by the oxygen atom. This result is reinforced by experimental results about the OH density in wet mixtures, with or without VOCs, compared to dry ones.

PACS
52.77.Fv - High-pressure, high-current plasmas.
82.33.Xj - Plasma reactions.
52.70.-m - Plasma diagnostic techniques and instrumentation.

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