Reddy, Enakonda LingaKaruppiah, JayaRenken, AlbertKiwi-Minsker, LioubovSubrahmanyam, Challapalli2013-02-272013-02-272013-02-27201210.1002/ceat.201200134https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/89283WOS:000310473000022Kinetics of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) decomposition to hydrogen and sulfur was investigated in a nonthermal plasma dielectric barrier discharge (NTP-DBD) reactor operated under ambient conditions. The reactions were carried out with a fixed flow rate and varying inlet concentration. The results indicated that the dissociation of H2S into H2 and S may be initiated by excitation of the carrier gas argon. A reaction rate model based on a Langmuir Hinshelwood/Michaelis-Menten model was proposed. The formal reaction order approaches zero at high H2S concentrations. The parameters of the kinetic model were found to be dependent on the power input.DesulfurizationDielectric barrier discharge reactorHydrogen sulfideKineticstext::journal::journal article::research article