Plasma chemistry and plasma reactors for turquoise hydrogen and carbon nanomaterials production
Résumé
Thermal plasma processing of hydrocarbons for the production of hydrogen and various carbon products is given an overview in this chapter. While the focus is not a full review of the research community's progress over the decades, or the scientific state-of-the art, fundamental aspects of thermal plasma processing are given attention, including gas and plasma kinetics in the presence and absence of ions, aromatics and carbon particle formation, various forms of nanoparticles which may be created within a thermal plasma, and thermal plasma process modeling. The material presented here is provided with the aim at communicating to others in the field the key aspects and challenges that should be considered and necessarily overcome to progress plasma technology across the globe to provide low carbon-intensity hydrogen as well as valuable carbon products which are both ubiquitous in society and those which have yet to find applications.