Results of investigation of new-generation semicommercial arc plants for fullerene production are described. Increase in the operating efficiency of the plants is attained through their modification, in particular, by using a system of two-sided gas feed. Increase in the electrode diameter and rise in the working pressure make it possible to organize fullerene synthesis with a substantially smaller carbon loss. A qualitative and calculated interpretation of the results is given.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 84, No. 5, pp. 1008–1018, September–October, 2011.
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Alekseev, N.I., Filippov, B.M., Basargin, I.V. et al. Investigation of semicommercial arc plants for fullerene-production. J Eng Phys Thermophy 84, 1087–1098 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-011-0570-0
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