What is “efficiency” in plasma chemical processes?

IF 4.6 2区综合性期刊 Q1 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

iScience Pub Date : 2025-03-29 DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2025.112297

Charan R. Nallapareddy , Thomas C. Underwood

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Abstract

Plasma chemical processes leverage electrical energy for chemical abatement and to rethink how fuels are made, stored, and used throughout the energy economy. These capabilities, along with the flexibility to drive reactions over distributed scales at low temperatures and pressures, offer a pathway to a sustainable circular economy where waste can be converted into value-added resources. However, the scalability and impact of these processes are constrained by the energy costs to drive reactions. Yet there is no standardized framework to evaluate the performance of these processes. Instead, current evaluation methods are ambiguous, inconsistent between sources, and often flawed. In this work, we develop a framework to evaluate the performance of plasma chemical processes that generalizes across all types of chemical reactions. By establishing standardized metrics and benchmarks, this framework aims to accelerate the development and deployment of technologies.

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等离子体化学过程利用电能进行化学消减，并重新思考燃料在整个能源经济中的制造、储存和使用方式。这些能力，以及在低温低压下驱动分布式反应的灵活性，为可持续循环经济提供了一条途径，在这条途径中，废物可以转化为增值资源。然而，这些工艺的可扩展性和影响受到驱动反应的能源成本的制约。然而，目前还没有一个标准化的框架来评估这些工艺的性能。相反，目前的评估方法模棱两可，来源不一，而且往往存在缺陷。在这项工作中，我们开发了一个评估等离子体化学过程性能的框架，该框架适用于所有类型的化学反应。通过建立标准化的衡量标准和基准，该框架旨在加快技术的开发和部署。

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来源期刊

iScience Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary

CiteScore

7.20

自引率

1.70%

发文量

1972

审稿时长

6 weeks

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