Skip to main content
. 2021 Mar 31;14(5):2520–2534. doi: 10.1039/d0ee03763j

Comparison of energy consumption for NO production in various plasma reactors.

Plasma type Product (concentration) Energy cost (MJ mol N−1) Ref.
Electric arc (Birkeland–Eyde) NO (2%) 2.4–3.1 26,27,51
Spark discharge NO and NO2 20.27, 40 52,55
Transient spark discharge NO and NO2 8.6 54
Pin-to-plane ns-pulsed spark discharge NO and NO2 5.0–7.7 53
Radio-frequency crossed discharge HNO3 24–108 56
Laser-produced discharge NO and NO2 8.9 57
(Positive/negative) DC corona discharge NO and NO2 1057/1673 52
Pulsed corona discharge HNO3 186 58
Pin-to-plane DC glow discharge NO and NO2 7 53
Pin-to-pin DC glow discharge NO and NO2 (0.7%) 2.8 59
Dielectric barrier discharge NO and NO2 (0.6%) 56–140 53
Packed dielectric barrier discharge NO and NO2 (0.5%) 18 36
DC plasma arc jet NO (6.5%) 3.6 60
Propeller arc NO and NO2 (0.4%) 4.2 53
Pulsed milli-scale gliding arc NO and NO2 (1–2%) 2.8–4.8 61,62
Gliding arc plasmatron NO and NO2 (1.5%) 3.6 34
Rotating gliding arc NO and NO2 (5.4%) 2.5 33
Microwave plasma NO and NO2 (0.6%) 3.76 63
Microwave plasma with catalyst NO (6%) 0.84 64
Microwave plasma with magnetic field NO (14%) 0.28 65