能源化学(英文) ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (6): 876-882.

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Methane conversion into higher hydrocarbons with dielectric barrier discharge micro-plasma reactor

Baowei Wang, Wenjuan Yan, Wenjie Ge, Xiaofei Duan   

  1. Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-02-03 修回日期:2013-03-12 出版日期:2013-11-20 发布日期:2013-11-28
  • 通讯作者: Baowei Wang
  • 基金资助:

    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under the grant of No. 21176175 and No. 20606023.

Methane conversion into higher hydrocarbons with dielectric barrier discharge micro-plasma reactor

Baowei Wang, Wenjuan Yan, Wenjie Ge, Xiaofei Duan   

  1. Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2013-02-03 Revised:2013-03-12 Online:2013-11-20 Published:2013-11-28
  • Supported by:

    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under the grant of No. 21176175 and No. 20606023.

摘要: We reported a coaxial, micro-dielectric barrier discharge (micro-DBD) reactor and a conventional DBD reactor for the direct conversion of methane into higher hydrocarbons at atmospheric pressure. The effects of input power, residence time, discharge gap and external electrode length were investigated for methane conversion and product selectivity. We found the conversion of methane in a micro-DBD reactor was higher than that in a conventional DBD reactor. And at an input power of 25.0 W, the conversion of methane and the total C2+C3 selectivity reached 25.10% and 80.27%, respectively, with a micro-DBD reactor of 0.4 mm discharge gap. Finally, a nonlinear multiple regression model was used to study the correlations between both methane conversion and product selectivity and various system variables. The calculated data were obtained using SPSS 12.0 software. The regression analysis illustrated the correlations between system variables and both methane conversion and product selectivity.

关键词: dielectric barrier discharge, hydrocarbons, methane, micro-reactor, plasma

Abstract: We reported a coaxial, micro-dielectric barrier discharge (micro-DBD) reactor and a conventional DBD reactor for the direct conversion of methane into higher hydrocarbons at atmospheric pressure. The effects of input power, residence time, discharge gap and external electrode length were investigated for methane conversion and product selectivity. We found the conversion of methane in a micro-DBD reactor was higher than that in a conventional DBD reactor. And at an input power of 25.0 W, the conversion of methane and the total C2+C3 selectivity reached 25.10% and 80.27%, respectively, with a micro-DBD reactor of 0.4 mm discharge gap. Finally, a nonlinear multiple regression model was used to study the correlations between both methane conversion and product selectivity and various system variables. The calculated data were obtained using SPSS 12.0 software. The regression analysis illustrated the correlations between system variables and both methane conversion and product selectivity.

Key words: dielectric barrier discharge, hydrocarbons, methane, micro-reactor, plasma