The kinetic studies of direct methane oxidation to methanol in the plasma process |
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Authors: | Antonius Indarto Jae-Wook Choi Hwaung Lee Hyung Keun Song |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 136-701, Korea;(2) Clean Technology Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 130-650, Korea |
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Abstract: | The research outlined here includes a study of methanol production from direct methane conversion by means of thermal and plasma method. The kinetic study, derived from thermal-based approach, was carried out to investigate thoroughly the possible intermediate species likely to be presented in the process. A set of plasma experiments was undertaken by using dielectric barrier discharge (DBD), classified as non-thermal plasma, done at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. Plasma proc- ess yields more methanol than thermal process at the same methane conversion rates and methane to oxygen feed ratios. Oxidation reaction of thermal process resulted CO and CO2 as the most dominant products and the selectivity reached 19% and 68%, respectively. Moreover, more CO and less CO2 were produced in plasma process than in thermal process. The selectivity of CO and CO2 by plasma was 47% and 20%, respectively. Ethane (C2H6) was detected as the only higher hydrocarbon with a signifi- cant concentration. The concentration of ethane reached 9% of the total products in plasma process and 17% in thermal process. The maximum selectivity of methanol, the target material of this research, was 12% obtained by plasma method and less than 5% by thermal process. In some certain points, the kinetic model closely matched with the experimental results. |
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Keywords: | plasma thermal process partial oxidation methane methanol |
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