Direct conversion of methane and carbon dioxide to higher hydrocarbons using catalytic dielectric-barrier discharges with zeolites

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1221-1227

  Eliasson, Baldur ^a   Liu, Chang Jun ^a,b   Kogelschatz, Ulrich ^a  

^a ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; SYNTHESIS GAS; ZEOLITES;

DIELECTRIC-BARRIER DISCHARGES (DBD);

CATALYSIS;

ALKANE; ALKENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034061120     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990804r     Document Type: Article

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