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Accession Number:
AD0607039
Title:
RESEARCH ON ELECTRIC ARC REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE,
Corporate Author:
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO PHILADELPHIA PA MISSILE AND SPACE DIV
Report Date:
1964-07-01
Abstract:
A program of applied research was conducted to determine the applicability of reducing carbon dioxide by an electric arc process. Testing of an electric arc reactor in the laboratory indicated that carbon dioxide conversion rates up to 50 percent by weight per pass were readily attainable with an electric arc plasma generated by repeated capacitor discharges. Energy efficiencies obtained ranged as high as 98.9 percent, but at appreciable carbon dioxide flow rates the measured efficiencies were approximately 50 percent. Preliminary material balances indicate a reactor flow rate of 26.2 pounds per day with an energy input of 13 kw hours per day are required to process 6.6 pounds of carbon dioxide per day. The use of a plasma for carbon dioxide processing offers the advantages of high-temperature gas processing ie, arc temperatures to 5000K, while minimizing problems usually associated with high temperature reactors. Author
Pages:
0008
Contract Number:
AF33 657 11030
File Size:
0.00MB
