Non-thermal plasma synthesis with carbon component

US8641872B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Regents of the University of Minnesota · US

Inventors

• Rongsheng Ruan · Arden Hills, US
• Shaobo Deng · Windom, US
• Zhiping Le · 恩江镇, CN
• Yanling Cheng · Okabena, US
• Xiangyang Lin · Nanchang, CN
• Ling Chen · Roseville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2014
• Expiry date: May 11, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/36
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The disclosure herein describes a method for producing ammonia by introducing N2, CO and water into a non-thermal plasma in the presence of a catalyst, the catalyst being effective to promote the disassociation of N2, CO and water to form reactants that in turn react to produce NH3 and CH4.This disclosure also describes producing a reactive hydrogen ion or free radical by the method comprising passing water through a non-thermal plasma in the presence of a catalyst, the catalyst being effective to promote the dissociation of water.