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Lookup NU author(s): Faisal Saleem, Dr Usman Dahiru, 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 Elsevier BV, 2019.
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© 2019The use of Non-Thermal Plasma (NTP) reactors has been proposed as an alternative solution to the World's stranded gas challenge due to their ability to perform reactions, such as direct conversion of methane to H2 and higher hydrocarbons (>C1), at room temperature. An optimisation study varying plasma power (10–50 W) and residence time (3.82–19.08 s) was performed using a DBD reactor with no catalyst. The effects of additives including water vapour, nitrogen, and hydrogen were also explored. The optimum conditions for methane conversion (36.5%) without additives at ambient temperature (20 °C) were found to be maximum at 50 W and 19.08 s, resulting in a H2 yield of 13.9%. The key finding from the additive study was that the addition of 10% N2 resulted in an increase in conversion (37.6%) and an increase in H2 yield (14.5%), at 50 W and 19.08 s.
Author(s): Saleem F, Kennedy J, Dahiru UH, Zhang K, Harvey A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification
Year: 2019
Volume: 142
Print publication date: 01/08/2019
Online publication date: 10/06/2019
Acceptance date: 09/06/2019
Date deposited: 03/09/2019
ISSN (print): 0255-2701
ISSN (electronic): 1873-3204
Publisher: Elsevier BV
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2019.107557
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2019.107557
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