Hydrogen is considered as a clean and promising fuel, and hydrogen production on-board has attracted widespread research attention. In this work, a gliding arc discharge (GAD) plasma reactor was utilized to reform toluene at room temperature and atmosphere pressure. The performance of hydrogen production through oxidative reforming with toluene as raw material under different input power, oxygen to carbon molecular ratio (O/C), residence time and argon addition was investigated. The optimal yields of H₂ and CO (48.6% and 44.3%) were obtained under the condition of the input power of 32 W, the O/C of 0.68, the residence time of 18.4 s and 10 vol% Ar addition. By analyses of spectrum lines and GC-MS, the plasma reforming mechanism of toluene was proposed. It is believed that N₂(B³Πg) and Ar* could increase the formation of reactive oxygen species (O⁺, O (¹D), O and so on), and N₂(B³Πg) could impact directly the reforming of toluene.

氢气被认为是一种清洁而有前景的燃料，并且船上氢气的生产引起了广泛的研究关注。在这项工作中，利用滑动电弧放电（GAD）等离子体反应器在室温和大气压下重整甲苯。研究了在不同输入功率，氧碳比（O / C），停留时间和氩气添加条件下，以甲苯为原料进行氧化重整制氢的性能。在输入功率为32 W，O / C为0.68，停留时间为18.4 s和添加10 vol％Ar的条件下，可获得H ₂和CO的最佳收率（48.6％和44.3％）。通过分析谱线和GC-MS，提出了甲苯的等离子体重整机理。据信，N ₂（B³ Πg）和Ar *可以增加活性氧（O的形成⁺，O（¹ d），O等）和N ₂（B ³ Πg）可以直接影响甲苯的重整。