Homogeneous Oxidation of Methane to Methanol: Effect of CO2, N2, and H2 at High Oxygen Conversions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1401-1409

  Chellappa, Anand S ^a   Fuangfoo, Surajit ^a   Viswanath, Dabir S ^a  

^a University of Missouri Columbia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; METHANOL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE;

HOMOGENEOUS OXIDATION; METHANOL SELECTIVITY; OXYGEN CONVERSION;

OXIDATION;

METHANE; OXIDATION;

EID: 0031147803     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960666v     Document Type: Article

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