  The results of a detailed kinetic study of the main plasma chemical processes
in non-equilibrium ethanol/argon plasma are presented. It is shown that at the
beginning of the discharge the molecular hydrogen is mainly generated in the
reaction of ethanol H-abstraction. Later hydrogen is formed from active H,
CH2OH and CH3CHOH and formaldehyde. Comparison with experimental data has shown
that the used kinetic mechanism predicts well the concentrations of main
species at the reactor outlet.
