Gas-phase Boudouard disproportionation reaction between highly vibrationally excited CO molecules

Coupling of Plasma Chemistry, Vibrational Kinetics, Collisional‐Radiative Models and Electron Energy Distribution Function Under Non‐Equilibrium Conditions

“…Moreover new molecular dynamics study of the role of vibrational energy in overcoming the activation process of endothermic reactions in neutral processes (see, e.g., process (4) and Equation ) should be performed due to the possible importance of this process in the PVM mechanisms and also for the determination of chemical reactions aided by vibrational excitation, as in the case of Boudouard reactions involving vibrationally excited CO molecules coming from the dissociation of CO 2 . To a given extent, especially for large dissociation degree of CO 2 , the plasma under study is transforming itself in a mixture of CO 2 and CO (and the products) so that the description of CO 2 activation should also include a non‐equilibrium vibrational kinetics of CO, which can be better controlled from the point of view of the diagnostics.…”

Carbon monoxide dissociative attachment and resonant dissociation by electron-impact

“…In a recent article we published state-resolved cross sections for electron-impact vibrational excitation of carbon monoxide [4]. Those vibrational data are useful in general in plasma vibrational kinetics, where non-thermal conditions can overpopulate the high vibrational levels of CO molecule [5]. In particular, they have been recently used in modeling the cooling of electrons in non-equilibrium CO-containing flows (see e.g.…”

New concepts for the avoidance or utilisation of methane in life support systems

“…As its reaction rate is very low, additional measures have to be taken to speed up the conversion: by using a laser, it is possible to vibrationally excite the CO molecules without adding to the gas temperature (Essenhigh et al, 2006). This way, the Boudouard reaction rate is increased, but the equilibrium conditions still favour the formation of carbon dioxide.…”