High yield of aromatics from CH4 in a Plasma-Followed-by- Catalyst (PFC) reactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3321-3324

  Li, Xiao Song ^a   Shi, Chuan ^a   Wang, Kang Jun ^a   Zhang, Xiu Ling ^a   Xu, Yong ^a   Zhu, Ai Min ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aromatics, hydrogen; Methane conversion; Ni HZSM 5 catalyst; Plasma catalytic reactor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748551073     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10921     Document Type: Article

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