A validation study on CO$_2$ chemistry

ORAL

Abstract

The demand for renewable energy has increased the popularity of various energy sources, such as solar and wind energy. These sources are intermittent by nature, which typically does not match the demand of energy. Therefore, storage of energy is needed. Current tools for this are, however, costly, slow, and inefficient. Storing energy by the formation of valuable fuels from CO$_2$ is potentially an improvement. By plasma assisted CO$_2$ dissociation CO is produced. In subsequent steps the CO is transformed in valuable fuels. An extensive CO$_2$ microwave plasma chemistry is studied, with special attention to the vibrational modes, which provide a pathway for the dissociation. To that end we developed a global model, which is only time resolved and needs less computational time than spatially resolved models. We present the results from a verification study of the CO$_2$ chemistry. This is done by verification of input data, and by comparison of results obtained by two independent models: ZDPlaskin and PLASIMO's Global Model. We also present results from a sensitivity study of the input data.

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Authors

  • Peter Koelman

    Eindhoven University of Technology, PhD Candidate, Eindhoven University of Technology, PhD candidate, Eindhoven University of Technology

  • Stijn Heijkers

    Antwerp University

  • Samaneh Tadayon Musavi

    Eindhoven University of Technology

  • Wouter Graef

    Plasma Matters, Plasma Matters B. V.

  • Annemie Bogaerts

    Antwerp University, University of Antwerp, Plasmant, Plasmant, University of Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Department of Chemistry, Research group PLASMANT, University of Antwerp, PLASMANT University of Antwerp

  • Jan Dijk, van

    Eindhoven University of Technology