Modeling of the barrier discharge in the exhaust gases of automobile

In the paper we propose an original design of the ozone-catalytic device, in which the process of ozone formation occurs directly inside the catalytic block of the honeycomb structure, that allows to solve the problem of exhaust gases purification at the cold start of an automobile engine. For the ozonator design under consideration, mathematical modeling of the barrier discharge process in a gaseous environment with a multicomponent composition, close to the composition of automobile exhaust gases, was performed, that allows investigating the dependence of the barrier discharge efficiency on the temperature of the environment and on the concentration of certain chemical substances.