Detailed Characterization of 2-Heptanone Conversion by Dielectric Barrier Discharge in N₂ and N₂/O₂ Mixtures

Abstract

The products of 2-heptanone conversion by dielectric barrier discharge plasma are analyzed under different conditions: alternating current (ac) or pulsed mode of excitation, variable energy, variable composition of the carrier gas. The efficiency of the conversion is higher using a pulse excitation mode than an ac mode. With a small oxygen percentage (about 2-3%) added to nitrogen, 2-heptanone is about 30% more efficiently removed than in pure nitrogen, while the 2-heptanone removal decreases with an oxygen percentage higher than 3%. A new analysis method, based on chemical ionization mass spectrometry, is used for volatile organic compound detection along with chromatography. Several products issued from 2-heptanone conversion with ac excitation are identified in nitrogen and in air, and a chemical scheme is proposed to explain their formation and their treatment by the discharge. It appears that byproducts are issued not only from oxidation reactions, but also from C-C bond cleavage by collisions with electrons or nitrogen excited states.

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