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Plasma Conversion of Methane, Alkanes, and Co-Fed Mixtures Into Light Olefins

This document discusses experiments conducted to convert methane and alkanes into light olefins like ethylene and propylene using low-density plasma. The experiments showed that methane could be directly converted into ethylene at levels up to 42% and propylene at up to 48% with one step. Additional experiments combined methane with hydrogen or alkanes with methane or hydrogen as feedstocks and produced similar results converting the materials to light hydrocarbons and olefins. The goal of the experiments was to add value to methane and use low-cost alkane feedstocks.

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Plasma Conversion of Methane, Alkanes, and Co-Fed Mixtures Into Light Olefins

This document discusses experiments conducted to convert methane and alkanes into light olefins like ethylene and propylene using low-density plasma. The experiments showed that methane could be directly converted into ethylene at levels up to 42% and propylene at up to 48% with one step. Additional experiments combined methane with hydrogen or alkanes with methane or hydrogen as feedstocks and produced similar results converting the materials to light hydrocarbons and olefins. The goal of the experiments was to add value to methane and use low-cost alkane feedstocks.

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PLASMA CONVERSION OF METHANE, ALKANES, AND CO-FED MIXTURES INTO LIGHT OLEFINS.

Halim Hamid Redhwi, Abdullah M. Aitani, M. Abdul-Bari Siddiqui The Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia William M. Sackinger Obelisk Hydrocarbons (Alaska) Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A. Hassan Hammawa Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ABSTRACT Creation of ethylene and propylene from methane may add attractive incremental value and has prompted our experiments with low-density plasma, in which ion energies are well above the dissociation energy of methane. The use of a low-cost heavy alkane feedstock co-fed with either methane or hydrogen in a plasma may also be economically attractive, and has been investigated as well. Experiments are reported in which the direct, one-step conversion of methane to ethylene, propylene, and other light hydrocarbons takes place. Relative percentages in the output mixture range up to 42% for ethylene, to 68% for ethane, and to 48% for acetylene. Results are also presented for combined methane + hydrogen, alkane + methane, and alkane + hydrogen feedstocks.

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