Development of ceramic membranes for conversion of methane into syngas [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1999.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- 20 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Argonne National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary:
- The abundantly available natural gas (mostly methane) discovered in remote areas has stimulated considerable research on upgrading this gas to high-value-added clean-burning fuels such as dimethyl ether and alcohols and to pollution-fighting fuel additives. Of the two routes to convert methane to valuable products, direct and indirect, the indirect route involving partial oxidation of methane to syngas (a mixture of CO and H₂) is preferred. Syngas is used as feedstock to produce a variety of petrochemicals and transportation fuels. A mixed-conducting dense ceramic membrane was developed from Sr-Fe-Co oxide. Extruded and sintered tubes of SrFeCoO{sub 0.5}Oₓ have been evaluated in a reactor operating at ≈850 C for conversion of methane into syngas in the presence of a reforming catalyst. Some of the reactor tubes have been run for more than 1000 h, and methane conversion efficiencies of ≈98% and CO selectivities of >96% were observed.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:anl/et/cp-100077
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
09/23/1999.
"anl/et/cp-100077"
Advanced Gas Technology '99 Conference, Houston, TX (US), 10/06/1999--10/07/1999.
Balachandran, U.; Ma, B. - Funding Information:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
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