Citation: ZHANG Jing, WANG Dong-jiang, ZHANG Jia-liang, GUO Hong-chen. Preparation of acetylene and syngas by the atmospheric pressure spark discharge of methane[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, ;2015, 43(2): 235-242. shu

Preparation of acetylene and syngas by the atmospheric pressure spark discharge of methane

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1. State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Catalytic Chemistry and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China;

Corresponding author: GUO Hong-chen,
Received Date: 9 September 2014
Available Online: 22 November 2014

The direct conversion of methane to acetylene and the indirect conversion of mathane to syngas were studied by using the atmospheric pressure spark discharge, and with the in-situ diagnosis of optical emission spectroscopy. The results were compared with the dielectric barrier discharge. Results show that, the spark discharge, having remarkable advantage of high energy efficiency, was able to easily activate the methane molecules into species such as C, H and C₂. C₂H₂ was formed as a major hydrocarbon product when methane was fed alone, while the syngas was formed with adjustable H₂/CO ratio when CO₂ and O₂ were co-fed with methane. It is worth of mention that, the addition of O₂ overcame completely the troublesome problem of reactor coking during the spark discharge of CH₄ and CO₂, the production of syngas was allowed to be carried out at a temperature as low as 225 ℃. Therefore, the new syngas preparation method is very attractive comparing with the traditional catalytic routes.
- methane,
- spark discharge,
- CO₂,
- syngas,
- optical emission spectroscopy
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