Nonthermal plasma for capturing CO₂ as a path to ecologically clean energy

¹ Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University, Department of Energy and Management, 27 Lenin Ave., Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Territory, Russia
² Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University, Department of Aviation and Marine Engineering, 27 Lenin Ave., Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Territory, Russia

^* Corresponding author: zaychenko@inbox.ru

Abstract

One of the serious environmental problems of our time is the impact on global climate change of the atmospheric pollution processes with greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide is the most significant component of the anthropogenic impact on the heat balance of the earth. Therefore, reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is becoming increasingly important. Non-thermal plasma technology is considered as an attractive alternative for converting greenhouse gases into syngas and other valuable chemicals at lower temperatures. Highly active species generated in such a plasma are favourable for both initiation and propagation of chemical reactions. The combined effect of plasma and heterogeneous catalysis for fuel production from CH₄ reforming has attracted increasing attention. The coupling between plasma and catalyst become complex when the catalyst is placed directly in the plasma. Both chemical and physical properties of the plasma and catalyst can be changed by the presence of each other. In this paper we studied resent progress in non-thermal plasma-catalysis research for CO₂ capturing application.