Novel Composite Hydrogen-Permeable Membranes for Non-Thermal Plasma Reactors for the Decomposition of Hydrogen Sulfied, Quarterly Report for April 1, 2004 to June 30, 2004

Novel Composite Hydrogen-Permeable Membranes for Non-Thermal Plasma Reactors for the Decomposition of Hydrogen Sulfied,
Quarterly Report for April 1, 2004 to June 30, 2004

Morris D. Argyle
John F. Ackerman
Suresh Muknahallipatna
Jerry C. Hamann
Stanislaw Legowski
Ji-Jun Zhang
Guibing Zhao
Robyn J. Alcanzare
Linna Wang
Ovid A. Plumb

Introduction		1
Executive Summary		5
Experimental		7
Results and Discussion		10
Conclusion		21
References		24
Nomenclature		28

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1	Experimental Setup	8
Figure 2	Methane conversion as a function of pulse frequency and methane flow rate	12
Figure 3	The effect of charge capacitance on methane conversion	13
Figure 4	Methane conversion as a function of charge voltage	14
Figure 5	Methane conversion as a function of specific energy input	15
Figure 6	Methane conversion as a function of residence time and power input	16
Figure 7	Influence of cathode material on methane conversion	18
Figure 8	Influence of input power on H₂ selectivity	18
Figure 9	Range of hydrocarbon selectivities	19
Figure 10	Product hydrogen to carbon ratio as a function of pulse frequency	21

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1	Sensitivity factors for RGA (x10^-4 A/Torr)	9
Table 2	Experimental conditions	11
Table 3	Comparison with other plasma processes	17