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Non-thermal plasma catalysis, as a special heterogeneous catalytic reaction, needs to consider both gas discharge and catalytic reaction. Packed bed dielectric barrier discharge (PB-DBD) is widely used in non-thermal plasma catalysis, but the exact control principle of gas discharge, especially streamer discharge, is not clear. In this study, therefore, the orderly arranged dielectric rods were packed in the discharge gap of PB-DBD, and the streamer discharge behaviors were controlled by adjusting their diameter(s), quantity(ies), location(s) and dielectric constant(s). Al2O3 and ZrO2 dielectric rods with dielectric constants of about 9 and 25 were used as packing material. Pure CO2 was used as reaction gas and discharge gas. Discharge images showed that stable and controllable streamer discharges can be formed between the dielectric rod and ground electrode. The intensity, width and length of the streamer discharge can be significantly changed by optimizing the dielectric constant, diameter, packing number and position of the dielectric rod, thereby affecting the CO2 conversion efficiency. Increasing dielectric constant and the distance between the dielectric rod and ground electrode can increase the intensity of streamer discharge, thus promoting the CO2 conversion efficiency. Compared with an empty reactor, after packing 24 ZrO2 dielectric rods with a diameter of 1 mm, the CO2 conversion and energy efficiency increased from 9.58% to 20.1% and from 1.67% to 2.89%, respectively. In short, this research has important implications for plasma catalysis. This study not only reveals the synergistic characteristics between streamer discharge and CO2 dissociation, but also provides an important idea for structural optimization of PB-DBD catalyst.

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GPS radio occultation data are implemented in the numerical weather prediction as a kind of very important observation data because of its excellent characteristics, which makes a remarkable positive effect in the system. In this article, we design an implement method and a quality control strategy of one-dimensional bending angle operator in four-dimensional variational data assimilation system, and we also describe the steps of implementing one-dimensional bending angle forward operator and its linear and adjoint operators in four-dimensional variational data assimilation system. The author chose Reger’s three term expression and its best average coefficients are chosen to calculate refractivity values. In this article, we introduce an observation error model of one-dimensional bending angle operator through the statistics of GPS radio occultation observation data of August, 2012. A comparison of experiment of the analysis field between in the cases with and without GPS radio occultation data is made. It is concluded that GPS radio occultation data plays a positive role in the global areas, especially in the low and middle latitude areas higher than 10 km. This conclusion is the foundation of the following-up GPS radio occultation data assimilation verification experiments.