Oxidative coupling of methane in porous Vycor membrane reactors

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-264

  Ramachandra, A M ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Ma, Y H ^a   Moser, W R ^a   Dixon, A G ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Glass membranes; Inorganic membranes; Membrane reactors; Microporous and porous membranes

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; METAL OXIDE; METHANE; OXYGEN; SAMARIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS CONDITIONING; OXIDATION; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS;

PACKED BEDS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANES-INORGANIC; METHANE;

EID: 0030573561     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(96)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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