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Investigation of Dry Reforming of Methane in a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor

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Low temperature conversion of CH4 and CO2 was investigated in a coaxial dielectric barrier discharge reactor at ambient pressure. Main parameters, including the input power, the residence time, the discharge gap, the molar ratio of the feed gases and the multi-stage ionization design were evaluated to understand the ways to improve the conversion of greenhouse gases and reduce the output of by-products. At certain input power, the conversion of CH4 and CO2 can reach 0.797 and 0.527, respectively, when the molar ratio of CH4/CO2 is one. When this ratio was low to 1:5, the conversion of CH4 was promoted to 0.843 and the selectivity to CO and H2 was almost 100%. The multi-stage ionization favored the conversion of CO2, which would also be an efficient design to promote the selectivity to the main products such as CO and H2 and suppress the selectivity to the by-products.

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Financial support from CNPC Innovation Foundation is acknowledged. The authors would also like to thank the continuous support from PetroChina.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

    Qi Wang, Bin-Hang Yan, Yong Jin & Yi Cheng

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Wang, Q., Yan, BH., Jin, Y. et al. Investigation of Dry Reforming of Methane in a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 29, 217–228 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-009-9173-3

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