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Methane Conversion to Hydrogen and Higher Hydrocarbons by Double Pulsed Glow Discharge

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Pulsed atmospheric glow plasma, sustained by corona discharge, was utilized to convert methane. Analysis by gas chromatography showed that hydrogen and C2-products are the main constituents of outlet mixture while C2+-products with small concentrations were also detected. The chemical energy efficiency turned out to be about 9% for the best result obtained by this type of reactor. It has been shown that more improvement of energy efficiency is possible by increasing the pulse repetition rate.

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  1. Department of physics, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box: 11365-9161, Tehran, Iran

    A. M. Ghorbanzadeh

  2. Research Institute of Petroleum Industries, Qom Road, Tehran, Iran

    N. S. Matin

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Ghorbanzadeh, A.M., Matin, N.S. Methane Conversion to Hydrogen and Higher Hydrocarbons by Double Pulsed Glow Discharge. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 25, 19–29 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-004-8832-7

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