Simulation of the effect of nitrogen on ozone production

Abstract

By numerical simulation with the use of the simplified model of chemical processes in an ozone-generating corona discharge in a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen and after the discharge cessation, the role of nitrogen in ozone production was studied. The role of nitrogen in ozone production was studied by simulating numerically the chemical processes occurring during an ozone-producing corona discharge initiated in a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen and after the discharge termination. A simplified mathematical model was used in these simulations. It is demonstrated that nitrogen is a good catalyst.