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RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES
Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 3761-3771Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11164-018-3380-6
Keywords
RF plasma; Plasma excitation; Methane; Partial oxidation; Carbon monoxide; Acetylene
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- C1 Gas Refinery Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [2015M3D3A1A01064899]
- Ajou university research fund
- Human Resources Development of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant - Korea government Ministry of Trade, industry and Energy [20154010200820]
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RF plasma excitation of methane has been studied in an effort to optimize the reaction conditions for a selective partial oxidation of methane. The reaction products of RF-excited methane are C2 hydrocarbons such as ethane and acetylene when O-2 is not used. The introduction of a few percent of O-2, however, is found to switch the selectivity in favor of CO while CO2 formation is suppressed down to a level below a few percent. Interestingly, in the low O-2 ratio regime (0-0.6), the selectivity between CO and C2 hydrocarbons is observed to vary systematically in response to the detailed reaction conditions, including flow rate, pressure and applied RF power, which are explained by the competition between coupling and partial oxidation reactions. Variation in the density and the residence time of the active species in the plasma is suggested to determine the overall reaction pathways. The present results suggest a possibility of a selective production of the partial oxidation products of methane such as CO with a high selectivity and a high conversion efficiency using controlled RF plasma from methane and O-2.
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