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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