Characteristics and Mechanism of Gas Production from Kitchen Waste Using Dielectric Barrier Discharge Nonthermal Plasma.

Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) nonthermal plasma is applied for the gasification of kitchen waste. The gas production performance of kitchen waste gasification based on DBD under different reaction ambientes is studied. Density functional theory (DFT) simulations are used to investigate the gas production mechanism via glucose and aspartate. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Raman spectroscopy are used to investigate the physicochemical properties of the produced carbon materials and reveal the plasma reaction mechanism. The plasma treatment of millet and soybean has good gasification effect and can inhibit tar production. N2 and CO2 ambientes are more conducive to the gasification of millet and soybean. The H2 concentration in plasma‐treated millet gasification under plasma in N2 ambient can reach 4%. Glucose is finally decomposed through ring‐opening reaction, decarbonylation reaction, dehydration reaction, and carbon–carbon bond breaking. And the decomposition process of aspartic acid mainly includes decarbonylation and deammonia reaction. With the increase of gas ionization energy, the surface pore structure of the carbon material after plasma treatment is more developed, which indicates that the reaction between plasma and solid is on a layer by layer basis with the solid surface facing the inner surface. This paper aims to provide valuable theoretical support for the application of DBD in the treatment of kitchen waste. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]