Dry reforming of CH4 with CO2 to generate syngas by combined plasma catalysis

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3809-3818

  Pan, Kuan Lun ^a   Chung, Wei Chieh ^a   Chang, Moo Been ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dry reforming of methane (DRM); greenhouse gases (GHGs); nonthermal plasma; plasma catalysis; syngas.

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; SYNTHESIS GAS;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; DRY REFORMING-OF-METHANE; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; PLASMA CATALYSIS; SYN-GAS; SYN-GAS GENERATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84919469665     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2014.2360238     Document Type: Article

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