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1.2
H
2
H
2
0.8
400 Pa
700 Pa
1000 Pa
Vol %
0.4
CH
4
CH
4
0.0
0
2468
W
0
25
50
75
P
R
FIGURE 4.17
Measured concentrations of CH
4
and H
2
in dependence on the power input
and on the reactor parameter
R
.
experimental dates to one curve by using the similarity quantity τ
0
n
e
or the reactor
parameter
R
.
Experimental results on the chemical conversion of CH
4
in a microwave dis-
charge (
f
1% CH
4
mixtures, presented in Ref.
[18], have been analyzed, too. The experiments were performed for different power,
pressure and residence time. The volume of the active reactor zone remained constant
(
V
A
=
=
2330
−
2350 MHz) in flowing Ar
+
12 cm
3
). Figure 4.17 shows the decomposition of CH
4
and the simultaneous
generation of H
2
with increasing deposition of power as well as the obviously fusion
of these different curves by introducing the reactor parameter
R
.
