Discharge characteristics of a gliding-arc plasma in chlorinated methanes diluted in atmospheric air

Abstract

Plasma processing of the chloromethane compounds (methylene chloride (CH2Cl2), chloroform (CHCl3) and carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)) diluted in atmospheric air using a gliding arc has been studied. Various injected initial chloromethane concentrations, total gas flow rates and power frequencies were used as the variables to investigate the discharge characteristics. This paper evaluates the phenomenon of chloromethane processing by gliding-arc plasma.