Abstract
AbstractNon‐thermal plasma (NTP) technology was applied to promote the temperature‐programmed oxidation (TPO) of soot over a perovskites type of La0.8K0.2MnO3 catalyst. The O radicals originating from the decomposition of O2, as well as NO dissociation if nitrogen oxide were involved, reduce the ignition temperatures of soot. In NO‐O2‐He, for example, the ignition temperature decreased to 240 °C from 290 °C as the voltage increased from 0 kV to 15 kV. The higher voltage also benefited the adsorption of NO molecules onto the catalyst surface (NOad). As a result, the maximum N2/NO ratio (conversion ratio of NO into N2) rose from 23 % to 53 %. Some of the NO molecules were dissociated into N and O radicals in plasma, and hence, the N2/NO ratio was further enhanced due to the combination of N atoms. In any case, the redox process between NOx and soot proved to be important in soot oxidation.
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