The Dominant Pathways for the Conversion of Methane into Oxygenates and Syngas in an Atmospheric Pressure Dielectric Barrier Discharge

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 22331-22350

  De Bie, Christophe ^a   Van Dijk, Jan ^b   Bogaerts, Annemie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; FLOW CONTROL; GASES; METHANE; REACTION PRODUCTS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; CONVERSION OF METHANES; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; DRY REFORMING-OF-METHANE; GAS PHASE CHEMISTRY; HIGHER HYDROCARBONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLUID MODEL; PARTIAL OXIDATIONS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84942803552     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06515     Document Type: Article

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