Course details

  • Study time: 4-6h

  • Target audience: Students and professionals with a principle knowledge of the level of a bachelor student

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome video

    • Meet the teachers

    • Learning objectives

    • What do you want to learn?

    • Good practices to use this platform

    • How to obtain your course certificate
  • 2

    Introduction to plasma

    • Introducing Plasma

    • What do you think plasma is?

    • What is plasma?

    • The states of the matter vs. temperature

    • The definition of 'plasma'

    • Different types of plasmas

    • Is this plasma?

    • Match the plasma types

    • How to create gas discharge plasmas?

    • Broad application range

    • Click on these plasma applications to get familiar

    • Is this plasma used for CO₂ conversion?

    • Test on 'Introduction to plasma'
  • 3

    Potential of plasma technology for CCU

    • Unlocking the chapter and its objectives

    • What do you think makes plasma conversion different from thermal conversion?

    • Explore the advantages of plasma technology for CCU

    • Why is it interesting?

    • What are the advantages of plasma technology for CCU?

    • Comparative benchmarking of Plasma Technology vs other technologies

    • Reactant feed

    • Reactant feed - feedback

    • Analyzing the Pros and Cons: CO₂ Conversion with Plasma

    • Exploring the Pros and Cons of Plasma

    • Test on 'Potential of plasma technology for CCU'
  • 4

    Different types of plasmas for CCU

    • Introduction: types of plasma

    • How different plasmas are created

    • Dielectric barrier discharges

    • Microwave (MW) plasmas

    • Gliding arc (GA) plasmas

    • Atmospheric pressure glow discharges (APGD)

    • Nanosecond-pulsed plasmas

    • Name the plasma reactors

    • Test on 'Different types of plasmas for CCU'
  • 5

    Performance of plasma technology for CCU

    • Introduction: Performance of plasma

    • What do you think is important for an industrial process?

    • Explore key performance indicators

    • Indicate the correlation among key performance indicators

    • How are the performance indicators correlated to each other?

    • Energy efficiency

    • State of the art

    • Pure CO₂ Splitting

    • Dry reforming of methane (CO₂ + CH₄)

    • Artificial photosynthesis

    • CO₂ Hydrogenation

    • Test on 'Performance of plasma technology for CCU'
  • 6

    Plasma catalysis

    • Unlocking the chapter and its objectives

    • Why do you think it is interesting to combine a plasma with a catalyst?

    • Motivation: Selective production of value-added compounds

    • In-plasma vs post-plasma catalysis

    • Plasma-catalyst synergy

    • Which three words would you use to describe plasma catalysis?

    • Underlying mechanisms

    • Decode the mechanisms

    • Effect of plasma on catalytic reactions vs. Effect of catalyst on plasma behavior

    • Electric field enhancement in a packed DBD​

    • Change in discharge type: Filamentary vs surface discharges

    • Can plasma penetrate catalyst pores?

    • Mastering the essentials: A comprehensive review lesson for solidifying knowledge

    • Test on 'Plasma catalysis'
  • 7

    How to get a better insight in plasma for CCU?

    • Learning objectives

    • Unlocking the chapter and its objectives

    • Questioning the possibilities: An open inquiry to begin the lesson

    • Engaging exploration: Provoking thought with an open question

    • Explore a plasma lab: Plasma diagnostics

    • Run your own experiment

    • Gliding Arc model

    • Plasma chemical kinetics modeling

    • Make your own 0D plasma chemistry model

    • Plasma-catalyst interaction modeling

    • Plasma only vs plasma-catalyst model

    • Feedback: Plasma only vs plasma-catalyst model

    • Are you familiar now with the plasma-catalyst interactions?

    • Plasma reactor design modeling

    • Plasma fluid dynamics modeling​

    • Test on 'insights in plasma for CCU'
  • 8

    How to improve the performance of plasma for CCU?

    • Learning objectives

    • Navigating to the lesson ahead

    • How could we improve the performance of plasma for CCU?​

    • Vibration-induced dissociation : most efficient CO₂ dissociation process

    • Do you understand the concept of vibration-induced dissociation?

    • Thermal conversion: the role of quenching

    • Check your knowledge on the role of quenching

    • Reactor design improvements: GAP

    • Reactor design improvements: DVP

    • Reactor design improvements: APGD

    • How well do you understand the Insights in reactor design improvement?

    • Carbon bed after plasma

    • Product separation after plasma

    • Share your idea for an improved reactor design

    • Test on 'improving the performance of plasma for CCU'
  • 9

    Conclusion

    • Concluding video

    • What did you learn?

    • Further readings

    • Thanks to our collaborators
  • 10

    Map-it CCU Evaluation of the learning module

    • How this evaluation is structured

    • Questionnaire - for INDUSTRIAL testers

    • Questionnaire - for ACADEMIC testers

Instructor(s)

Head of PLASMANT Research Group / Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp

Annemie Bogaerts

Annemie Bogaerts is a full professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, and head of the research group PLASMANT. Her research activities comprise the study of plasma and plasma-surface interactions by means of computer modelling and experiments, for various applications, i.e., CO2, NH4 and N2 conversion into value-added chemicals and fuels, plasma medicine, microelectronics, nanotechnology and analytical chemistry. Her courses include chemistry in daily life (incl. practical exercises), the kinetics of gases and chemical reactions, physicochemistry of solutions and colloids, plasma technology, plasma modelling, and chemical reaction engineering.

PLASMANT Research Group

Rani Vertongen

Rani obtained her PhD in the PLASMANT research group in Antwerp. Her research focused on the application of different plasmas for the conversion of the two most important greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide and methane) in fuels and value-added chemicals.

PLASMANT Research Group

Eduardo Morais

Eduardo Morais serves as a research manager at the University of Antwerp's PLASMANT research group, specialising in plasmas for greenhouse gas conversion and waste conversion to value-added chemicals. His research interests centre on the chemistry of plasmas and interactions between plasma and catalysts applied to mitigate climate change.