Non-oxidative reforming of methane in a mini-gliding arc discharge reactor: Effects of feed methane concentration, feed flow rate, electrode gap distance, residence time, and catalyst distance

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-534

  Rueangjitt, Nongnuch ^a,c   Sreethawong, Thammanoon ^a   Chavadej, Sumaeth ^a   Sekiguchi, Hidetoshi ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Combined plasma catalysis; Gliding arc discharge reactor; Methane conversion

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; METHANATION; METHANE; SURFACE REACTIONS;

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; GLIDING ARC; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE CONVERSIONS; PLASMA CATALYSIS; PRODUCT SELECTIVITIES; REFORMING OF METHANE; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

CATALYTIC REFORMING;

EID: 85027926273     PISSN: 02724324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11090-011-9299-y     Document Type: Article

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