Plasma reforming of ethanol in plasma-liquid system with discharge in gas channel with liquid wall

This paper presents the results of experimental and theoretical investigations of the process of nonthermal plasma-assisted reforming of aqueous ethanol solutions in the dynamic plasma liquid systems using the DC electric discharges in a gas channel with liquid wall and the additional excitation of ultrasonic field in liquid. The experiments show possibilities and efficiency of low-temperature plasma-chemical conversion of liquid ethanol into hydrogen-rich synthesis gas in different regimes. The numerical modeling clarifies the nature and explains the kinetic mechanisms of nonequilibrium plasma-chemical transformations in the plasma-liquid systems in different modes.