Publications by authors named "Giulia De Felice"
Non-thermal plasma-based NO synthesis from ambient air is receiving an increasing amount of interest for its potential in small-scale, sustainable fertilizer production. Nevertheless, most reported research focuses on lab-scale systems and a single reactor with limited production. In this work, two gliding arc reactors (GARs) with 2 mm discharge gaps were connected in series or in parallel to explore strategies for scaling up the productivity.
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- Plasma-sorbent systems are an innovative approach for capturing carbon dioxide and converting it into useful products, combining both CO desorption and conversion in a single process.
- In this study, a plasma-sorbent system was tested for sorption-enhanced dry reforming of methane (DRM), showing that zeolite 5A selectively adsorbs CO, facilitating the production of hydrogen, hydrocarbons, and other beneficial products.
- The zeolite not only enhances the conversion rates of CO and methane but also maintains its stability under plasma exposure, despite some carbon deposition occurring.
A two-dimensional gliding arc reactor for NO synthesis was investigated in this study using AC pulsed mode operation. Tests with a duty cycle of 40 or 60% achieved the lowest energy consumption of 6.95 MJ/mol, which is an improvement of 15% from the case of continuous operation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNon-oxidative methane coupling in an atmospheric pressure plasma jet reactor with an internal diameter of 3.0 mm has been studied. The jet reactor consisted of a quartz tube surrounded by a copper ring and a stainless-steel tube, which were separated by a variable distance.
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