Catalytic nonthermal plasma assisted co-processing of methane and nitrous oxide for methanol production

Mahammadunnisa, S K and Krushnamurty, K and Ch, Subrahmanyam (2015) Catalytic nonthermal plasma assisted co-processing of methane and nitrous oxide for methanol production. Catalysis Today, 256. pp. 102-107. ISSN 0920-5861

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Abstract

The objective of the present study is the direct conversion of potential greenhouse gases methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) into value added products like methanol, syngas, etc. in a nonthermal plasma reactor operated under ambient conditions. Typical results indicated that co-processing of the reactants has an advantage of in-situ decomposition of N2O into N2 and atomic oxygen that favors methane partial oxidation to methanol. In order to improve the selectivity to methanol, plasma reactor was operated by integrating CuO/CeO2, NiO/CeO2 and Cu-Ni (5-5)/CeO2 catalysts. Among the studied catalysts, Cu-Ni (5:5 wt%) supported on ceria showed the best selectivity of ∼36% to methanol.

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IITH Creators:	IITH Creators ORCiD Ch, Subrahmanyam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2643-3854
Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Plasma, Catalyst, Methane, Methanol, Nitrous oxide
Subjects:	Chemistry
Divisions:	Department of Chemistry
Depositing User:	Team Library
Date Deposited:	20 Feb 2019 06:04
Last Modified:	20 Feb 2019 06:04
URI:	http://raiithold.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/4826
Publisher URL:	http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2015.03.011
OA policy:	http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0920-5861/
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