Partial and Total Oxidation of Methane in Monolithic Catalysts at Short Contact Times
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description: The feedstocks of natural gas exceed the resources of crude oil by far. Therefore, there is a strong interest in the utilisation of natural gas with its main component methane for the production of more useful chemicals. This leads to a strong demand for compact and low-capital-cost reactors for the conversion of natural gas to methanol and liquid hydrocarbons and the production of H2. The combustion of natural gas is also considered for power generation in catalytic devices, because the flameless catalytic process results in lower emissions of NOx. Noble metals such as Pt, Pd, and Rh are very active catalysts for the conversion of CH4. However, the processes occurring during the partial and complete oxidation of CH4 on these catalysts are not completely understood. A detailed understanding of the reactor behaviour at all possible conditions is crucial for the technical realisation of these catalytic processes, because explosive mixtures are handled. In particular it is necessary to control the operation of the reactors at transient conditions such as light-off and shut-down. The objective of this work is to study total and partial oxidation of methane over Pt, Pd, and Rh catalysts for a wide range of operating conditions. Therefore, an experimental setup, which is easily applicable for modelling and numerical simulation, has to be developed. The experiment and analysis has to be arranged in a way that allows studies of transient processes such as light-off. Based on the experimentally derived conversion and selectivity surface-reaction schemes, available in literature, have to be evaluated. Available computational tools have to be used for numerically predicted reactor performance and compare these results with the experimental data. Crucial conditions, at which the reaction models need improvement, have to be found, and if necessary and possible improved. A flow reactor with associated analysis is designed to meet these requirements. In order to facilitate the sim…
abstract: The feedstocks of natural gas exceed the resources of crude oil by far. Therefore, there is a strong interest in the utilisation of natural gas with its main component methane for the production of more useful chemicals. This leads to a strong demand for compact and low-capital-cost reactors for the conversion of natural gas to methanol and liquid hydrocarbons and the production of H2. The combustion of natural gas is also considered for power generation in catalytic devices, because the flameless catalytic process results in lower emissions of NOx. Noble metals such as Pt, Pd, and Rh are very active catalysts for the conversion of CH4. However, the processes occurring during the partial and complete oxidation of CH4 on these catalysts are not completely understood. A detailed understanding of the reactor behaviour at all possible conditions is crucial for the technical realisation of these catalytic processes, because explosive mixtures are handled. In particular it is necessary to control the operation of the reactors at transient conditions such as light-off and shut-down. The objective of this work is to study total and partial oxidation of methane over Pt, Pd, and Rh catalysts for a wide range of operating conditions. Therefore, an experimental setup, which is easily applicable for modelling and numerical simulation, has to be developed. The experiment and analysis has to be arranged in a way that allows studies of transient processes such as light-off. Based on the experimentally derived conversion and selectivity surface-reaction schemes, available in literature, have to be evaluated. Available computational tools have to be used for numerically predicted reactor performance and compare these results with the experimental data. Crucial conditions, at which the reaction models need improvement, have to be found, and if necessary and possible improved. A flow reactor with associated analysis is designed to meet these requirements. In order to facilitate the sim…
author: Schwiedernoch, Renate
date published: 2005-07-15
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:30:12Z
provider: Universität Heidelberg
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source organization: Universität Heidelberg