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Papers by Ahmed Khacef

Research paper thumbnail of Non thermal plasmas and applications: UV-X sources development, depollution (deNOx, deCOV), and synthesis gas production

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Feb 21, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of CO2 reforming in CH4 over Ni/γ-Al2O3 nano catalyst: Effect of cold plasma surface discharge

Applied Surface Science, 2019

CO 2 reforming in CH 4 over Ni/γ-Al 2 O 3 nano catalyst: Effect of cold plasma surface discharge,

Research paper thumbnail of Conversion of propane by pulsed dielectric barrier discharge in air

Research paper thumbnail of Plasma aided combustion of air-natural gas mixture using an atmospheric pressure rotating discharge for vehicle applications

Research paper thumbnail of CH4 partial oxidation in non-thermal plasma at atmospheric pressure

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Sep 7, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Multi-Pins Corona Discharge Treatment Of Dry Air Flue Gas Polluted By Nitrogen Oxide With Or Without Propene : Experimental And Theoritical Investigations For An Optimized Chemical Kinetics

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Plasma et catalyse pour la dépollution

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Monitoring hydrodynamic effects in helium atmospheric pressure plasma jet by resonance broadening emission line

Applied Physics Letters, Jul 15, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Non-Thermal Plasma Assisted Catalytic NOx Remediation from a Lean Model Exhaust

SAE Technical Paper Series, Sep 24, 2001

No efficient catalyst presently exists for deNOx in lean burn conditions. Furthermore, actual cat... more No efficient catalyst presently exists for deNOx in lean burn conditions. Furthermore, actual catalysts generally deactivate during reaction. A cylindrical DBD non-thermal plasma reactor was coupled with a stable three-function catalyst in order to verify the nature of the effect of the plasma on the catalytic process. A mixture of NO/O2/C3H6 in N2 was used as a lean model exhaust. The plasma was found to perform two of the three functions: NO oxidation to NO2 and propene activation through the partial oxidation of the hydrocarbon to aldehyde or alcohol. A complete catalyst containing the first two previous functions and the associative chemisorption of NO (third function) was used, as well as a simplified catalyst containing only the third function. Results suggest an advantageous plasma-catalyst coupling effect on NOx remediation in accordance with the proposed catalytic model.

Research paper thumbnail of Caractérisation d'un dispositif "Glidarc" triphasé à recirculation couplé à un gazéifieur

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Mar 18, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Effect of ns pulsed X-ray irradiation on biological media

Research paper thumbnail of Generation of very high speed plasma balls at atmospheric pressure over long distances

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Oct 15, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Propane conversion in DBD: experiments and modelling

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Alcohols treatment using a Statarc reactor to produce syngas

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Jun 24, 2012

HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific re... more HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés.

Research paper thumbnail of Light hydrocarbons conversion in a pulsed DBD: Effect of temperature

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Jul 27, 2009

Enhancement of light hydrocarbon conversion in diluting air can be easily performed using a Diele... more Enhancement of light hydrocarbon conversion in diluting air can be easily performed using a Dielectric Barrier Discharges reactor at atmospheric pressure with a moderate heating. A heating (up to 800 K) leads to a decrease of the energetic cost keeping a high conversion rate. This paper presents results obtained for ethane or propane diluted with air. Main produced species are CO and CO 2 .

Research paper thumbnail of Improvement of Diesel Oxidation Catalyst Light-Off Temperature by Non-Thermal Plasma

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Sep 10, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Enhanced Gasification of Woody Biomass in Oxygen-Enriched Environment

A unique set-up consisting of two reactors to produce a high-energy syngas is employed. The first... more A unique set-up consisting of two reactors to produce a high-energy syngas is employed. The first gasification reactor (50 kW) converts the pellets into syngas (20 kg.m-3), which follows into a plasma reactor (600 °C). A significant part of the impurities produced by the first stage is transformed, in the plasma reactor, into H2 and CO and thus increasing the syngas calorific value. Few studies have been conducted to examine the effect of O2 concentrations on the gasification of woody biomass above 300 °C. Plasma-assisted gasification and TGA-MS experiments are carried out to study the evolution of the produced gas (H2, CO, CO2 and light hydrocarbon species) during the degradation process. The biomass is first pyrolyzed and the carbon residue produced is submitted to partial oxidation and further isothermal decomposition in an oxidizing atmosphere with TGA at different heating rates. The O2 content in the gasifying mixture varied from 1 to 35 % vol. The MS signals in combination with the TGA data are used to elucidate the reactivity of the biomass samples in the range of 300 to 600 °C. The results revealed that reactivity is highly dependent on the process parameters. It is concluded that the O2 concentration can be optimized to improve the production of H2-rich gas mixtures from woody biomass gasification.

Research paper thumbnail of 大気圧低温空気プラズマによる増強された種子の発芽と植物成長:種子と水処理の併用効果【Powered by NICT】

Research paper thumbnail of Reactions of He2+ and He(23S) with selected atomic and molecular species

AIP Conference Proceedings, 1988

Super-Langevin rates have been demonstrated for the reactions of He2+ with molecular gases and no... more Super-Langevin rates have been demonstrated for the reactions of He2+ with molecular gases and no evidence of saturation at 6 atm pressure of helium diluent was found. For the reactions of He(23S), three-body channels have been well characterized, and they occur at rates of the order of 10-31 cm6s-1.

Research paper thumbnail of Hydrogen production by methane, propane and ethanol via non-thermal plasma reactors

Research paper thumbnail of Non thermal plasmas and applications: UV-X sources development, depollution (deNOx, deCOV), and synthesis gas production

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Feb 21, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of CO2 reforming in CH4 over Ni/γ-Al2O3 nano catalyst: Effect of cold plasma surface discharge

Applied Surface Science, 2019

CO 2 reforming in CH 4 over Ni/γ-Al 2 O 3 nano catalyst: Effect of cold plasma surface discharge,

Research paper thumbnail of Conversion of propane by pulsed dielectric barrier discharge in air

Research paper thumbnail of Plasma aided combustion of air-natural gas mixture using an atmospheric pressure rotating discharge for vehicle applications

Research paper thumbnail of CH4 partial oxidation in non-thermal plasma at atmospheric pressure

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Sep 7, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Multi-Pins Corona Discharge Treatment Of Dry Air Flue Gas Polluted By Nitrogen Oxide With Or Without Propene : Experimental And Theoritical Investigations For An Optimized Chemical Kinetics

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Plasma et catalyse pour la dépollution

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Monitoring hydrodynamic effects in helium atmospheric pressure plasma jet by resonance broadening emission line

Applied Physics Letters, Jul 15, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Non-Thermal Plasma Assisted Catalytic NOx Remediation from a Lean Model Exhaust

SAE Technical Paper Series, Sep 24, 2001

No efficient catalyst presently exists for deNOx in lean burn conditions. Furthermore, actual cat... more No efficient catalyst presently exists for deNOx in lean burn conditions. Furthermore, actual catalysts generally deactivate during reaction. A cylindrical DBD non-thermal plasma reactor was coupled with a stable three-function catalyst in order to verify the nature of the effect of the plasma on the catalytic process. A mixture of NO/O2/C3H6 in N2 was used as a lean model exhaust. The plasma was found to perform two of the three functions: NO oxidation to NO2 and propene activation through the partial oxidation of the hydrocarbon to aldehyde or alcohol. A complete catalyst containing the first two previous functions and the associative chemisorption of NO (third function) was used, as well as a simplified catalyst containing only the third function. Results suggest an advantageous plasma-catalyst coupling effect on NOx remediation in accordance with the proposed catalytic model.

Research paper thumbnail of Caractérisation d'un dispositif "Glidarc" triphasé à recirculation couplé à un gazéifieur

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Mar 18, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Effect of ns pulsed X-ray irradiation on biological media

Research paper thumbnail of Generation of very high speed plasma balls at atmospheric pressure over long distances

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Oct 15, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Propane conversion in DBD: experiments and modelling

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Alcohols treatment using a Statarc reactor to produce syngas

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Jun 24, 2012

HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific re... more HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés.

Research paper thumbnail of Light hydrocarbons conversion in a pulsed DBD: Effect of temperature

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Jul 27, 2009

Enhancement of light hydrocarbon conversion in diluting air can be easily performed using a Diele... more Enhancement of light hydrocarbon conversion in diluting air can be easily performed using a Dielectric Barrier Discharges reactor at atmospheric pressure with a moderate heating. A heating (up to 800 K) leads to a decrease of the energetic cost keeping a high conversion rate. This paper presents results obtained for ethane or propane diluted with air. Main produced species are CO and CO 2 .

Research paper thumbnail of Improvement of Diesel Oxidation Catalyst Light-Off Temperature by Non-Thermal Plasma

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Sep 10, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Enhanced Gasification of Woody Biomass in Oxygen-Enriched Environment

A unique set-up consisting of two reactors to produce a high-energy syngas is employed. The first... more A unique set-up consisting of two reactors to produce a high-energy syngas is employed. The first gasification reactor (50 kW) converts the pellets into syngas (20 kg.m-3), which follows into a plasma reactor (600 °C). A significant part of the impurities produced by the first stage is transformed, in the plasma reactor, into H2 and CO and thus increasing the syngas calorific value. Few studies have been conducted to examine the effect of O2 concentrations on the gasification of woody biomass above 300 °C. Plasma-assisted gasification and TGA-MS experiments are carried out to study the evolution of the produced gas (H2, CO, CO2 and light hydrocarbon species) during the degradation process. The biomass is first pyrolyzed and the carbon residue produced is submitted to partial oxidation and further isothermal decomposition in an oxidizing atmosphere with TGA at different heating rates. The O2 content in the gasifying mixture varied from 1 to 35 % vol. The MS signals in combination with the TGA data are used to elucidate the reactivity of the biomass samples in the range of 300 to 600 °C. The results revealed that reactivity is highly dependent on the process parameters. It is concluded that the O2 concentration can be optimized to improve the production of H2-rich gas mixtures from woody biomass gasification.

Research paper thumbnail of 大気圧低温空気プラズマによる増強された種子の発芽と植物成長:種子と水処理の併用効果【Powered by NICT】

Research paper thumbnail of Reactions of He2+ and He(23S) with selected atomic and molecular species

AIP Conference Proceedings, 1988

Super-Langevin rates have been demonstrated for the reactions of He2+ with molecular gases and no... more Super-Langevin rates have been demonstrated for the reactions of He2+ with molecular gases and no evidence of saturation at 6 atm pressure of helium diluent was found. For the reactions of He(23S), three-body channels have been well characterized, and they occur at rates of the order of 10-31 cm6s-1.

Research paper thumbnail of Hydrogen production by methane, propane and ethanol via non-thermal plasma reactors