Physicochemical Investigation of Homogeneous Pulsed Discharge in N2/O2 for Ozone Production

The purpose of this work is to draw attention to the plasma kinetics in a nitrogen-oxygen mixture. The model includes the plasma chemistry module and the circuit module investigating the electrical and the physical characteristics of high-pressure homogenous pulsed discharge. The fundamental chemistry governing ozone generation developed in this work is based on a full set of processes regrouped in 117 reactions involving 19 charged particles, atomic, and molecular species. The results of simulations show the temporal variation of the discharge electrical parameters and the effect of the voltage applied to ozone production. The role played by different reactions and species is also given by analyzing the time evolution of species concentrations, as well as the ozone production and loss terms.