Natural gas to fuels and chemicals: improved methane aromatization in an oxygen-permeable membrane reactor

Zhengwen Cao; Heqing Jiang; Huixia Luo; Stefan Baumann; Wilhelm A Meulenberg; Jens Assmann; Leslaw Mleczko; Yi Liu; Jürgen Caro

doi:10.1002/anie.201307935

Natural gas to fuels and chemicals: improved methane aromatization in an oxygen-permeable membrane reactor

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Dec 16;52(51):13794-7. doi: 10.1002/anie.201307935. Epub 2013 Nov 7.

Authors

Zhengwen Cao¹, Heqing Jiang, Huixia Luo, Stefan Baumann, Wilhelm A Meulenberg, Jens Assmann, Leslaw Mleczko, Yi Liu, Jürgen Caro

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz University of Hannover, Callinstrasse 3A, 30167 Hannover (Germany).

PMID: 24346953
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307935

Abstract

Adding value with membranes: Improved methane aromatization was achieved by using an oxygen-permeable membrane. The resulting membrane reactor shows a superior methane conversion and a higher resistance towards catalyst deactivation.

Keywords: aromatic compounds; dehydroaromatization; membrane reactors; methane; oxygen-permeable membranes.