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Lookup NU author(s): Faisal Saleem, Dr Kui Zhang, Professor Adam Harvey
This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by American Chemical Society, 2019.
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© 2019 American Chemical Society. Direct conversion of benzene to methane (>90%) was achieved in a hydrogen atmosphere in a non-thermal plasma dielectric barrier discharge reactor at atmospheric pressure. The distribution of products was a function of both plasma input power and temperature. At ambient temperature, the selectivity to lower hydrocarbons increased from 20 to 56% as the power was increased from 50 to 85 W. However, at a wall temperature of 200 °C, the selectivity to lower hydrocarbons increased to 80% at 50 W and 97% at 75 W. The major product was methane, reaching a selectivity to 90% at 85 W and 200 °C. Increasing input power and temperature both promoted the formation of methane. However, the selectivity to >C 1 started to increase when increasing the concentration at a constant power (85 W) and temperature (200 °C).
Author(s): Saleem F, Zhang K, Harvey A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Energy and Fuels
Year: 2019
Volume: 33
Issue: 3
Pages: 2598–2601
Print publication date: 21/03/2019
Online publication date: 07/03/2019
Acceptance date: 01/03/2019
Date deposited: 31/05/2019
ISSN (print): 0887-0624
ISSN (electronic): 1520-5029
Publisher: American Chemical Society
URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b04528
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b04528
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