D. S. Levko, A. I. Shchedrin, V. Ya. Chernyak, S. V. Ol’shevskii, O. A. Nedybalyuk, “Obtaining molecular hydrogen in electric discharge of the tornado type in air mixture with ethanol and water vapors”, Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2010, Volume 36, Issue 21,Pages <nobr>54

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Obtaining molecular hydrogen in electric discharge of the tornado type in air mixture with ethanol and water vapors

D. S. Levko^ab, A. I. Shchedrin^ab, V. Ya. Chernyak^ab, S. V. Ol’shevskii^ab, O. A. Nedybalyuk^ab

^a Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev
^b National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv

Abstract: A new plasmachemical reactor is proposed that provides a high yield of hydrogen from electric discharge in a mixture of air with ethanol and water vapors. It is shown that intense electron-molecule reactions and high temperature in the discharge region favor an increase in the degree of H$_2$O and H$_2$O и C$_2$H$_5$OH conversion into molecular hydrogen. A mechanism of the initiation of chain reactions leading to H$_2$ formation is determined. It is established that H$_2$ concentration reaches saturation in the region of discharge currents above 200 mA.

Received: 18.06.2010