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Transient Studies of Low Temperature Catalysts for Methane Conversion
Final Report 9/30/1996

Wolf, Eduardo, E.

University of Notre Dame

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Table of Contents

LIST OF TABLES

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LIST OF FIGURES

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1

 ABSTRACT 1

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 PROJECT OBJECTIVES 3

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 INTRODUCTION 3
 

3.1

 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 3

3.2

 INTRODUCTION TO EACH REACTION PATHWAY 4
 

3.2-1

 PARTIAL OXIDATION OF METHANE TO FORMALDEHYDE ON VPO CATALYSTS 4

3.2-2

 METHANE OXIDATIVE COUPLING ON Li/LANiO3 CATALYSTS 5

3.2-3

 PARTIAL OXIDATION OF METHANE TO SYNGAS ON Rh CATALYSTS 6

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 TECHNICAL STRATEGY 7

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 EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS AND PROCEDURE 7
 

5.1

 APPARATUS 7

5.2

 CATALYTIC ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS 8
 

5.2-1

 PARTIAL OXIDATION OF METHANE TO FORMALDEHYDE ON VPO CATALYSTS 9

5.2-2

 METHANE OXIDATIVE COUPLING ON Li/LaNiO3 CATALYSTS 10

5.2-3

 PARTIAL OXIDATION OF METHANE TO SYNGAS ON Rh CATALYSTS 11

5.3

 CATALYST CHARACTERIZATION 11

5.4

 TRANSIENT STUDIES 12

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 DATA REDUCTION, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS 13

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 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 13
 

7.1

 PARTIAL OXIDATION OF METHANE TO FORMALDEHYDE ON VPO CATALYSTS 13

7.2

 METHANE OXIDATIVE COUPLING ON Li/LaNiO3 CATALYSTS 28

7.3

 PARTIAL OXIDATION OF METHANE TO SYNGAS ON Rh CATALYSTS. 40

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 CONCLUSIONS 48

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 REFERENCES 50