“Plasma-Enabled Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Fertilizer Production”
Mohammad Yousran Fargab
Nitrogen fixation, the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into chemically usable forms, is essential for many industrial and agricultural applications. This work focuses on the development of a modular plasma-based system for on-site nitrogen fixation to enable sustainable fertilizer production. Unlike the conventional Haber-Bosch process, which is energy-intensive, dependent on natural gas and difficult to decentralize, this novel approach uses non-thermal plasma powered solely by electricity to convert air and water into plant-available nitrates and nitrites. The talk will evaluate two plasma reactor designs with distinct bulk liquid hydrodynamics for their efficiency in generating reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS). Systematic variation of operational parameters was performed to identify conditions that maximize RONS yields.
Wednesday, 04/16/2025 at 3:00 pm
CAMP 194
https://clarkson.zoom.us/j/95529580049
Mohammad Yousran Fargab is a master’s student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Clarkson University who joined the department in Fall 2024. He has an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Working in the Plasma Research Laboratory under Prof. Selma Mededovic-Thagard, his research explores plasma-liquid interactions to advance and optimize plasma-based nitrogen fixation.