M e th a n e AC

M FC g e n e ra to r

p la s m a
zone
B u b b le flo w
m e te r
c a ta ly s t

R e a c to r G as
C h ro m a to g ra p h y

Figure 1. Experimental setup

 ZnO
Z n C r2O 4
C r2O 3

Figure 2. XRD spectra of calcined catalyst

 70

60

50
Conversion (%)

40

30

20

10

0
60 80 100 120 140
S u p p lie d p o w e r ( W )
(a)

1.0

0.8 unkno w n
n - C 4H 10
Selectivity

0.6 i- C 4 H 1 0
C3
0.4 C 2H 6
C 2H 2 + C 2H 2
0.2 H2

0.0
60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130
S u p p lie d p o w e r ( W )

(b)

Figure 3. Effects of supplied power variation on

(a) methane conversion and (b) products distribution
 100

Conversion (%) 80

60

40

20

0
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8

R e s id e n c e t im e ( m in )

(a)

1 .0

0 .8
Selectivity

0 .6
unknow n
0 .4 C4
C3
0 .2
C 2
H 2

0 .0
0 .3 0 .5 0 .7 0 .9 1 .1 1 .3 1 .5 1 .7 1 .9

R e s id e n c e t im e ( m in )

(b)

Figure 4. Effects of methane residence time on

(a) methane conversion and (b) products distribution
 20
C 2H 6
+ H --> C 2H 5
+ H 2
0

- 20
∆G (kcal/mol)

C 2H 5 + H --> C 2H 4 + H 2
- 40

- 60 C 2H 4 + H --> C 2H 3 + H 2

- 80

- 100 C 2H 3 + H --> C 2H 2 + H 2

- 120

- 140

Figure 5. The Gibbs energy different (ΔG) profile of dehydrogenation of

C2 hydrocarbons in the present of hydrogen atom
 60

50
H2 selectivity (%)

40

b la n k
30

1a
20 1b
2a
2b
10 3a
3b

0
20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
S a m p lin g tim e ( m in .)

(a)

60

50
CH4 conversion (%)

40

30 b la n k

1a
20 1b
2a
2b
10 3a
3b

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
S a m p lin g t im e ( m in . )

(b)
 30

25
Selectivity (%)

20 C 2H 6

15
C 3
C 2H 2
+ C 2H 4
10

5
i- C 4 H 10
+ n -C 4H 10
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
S a m p l in g t im e ( m in . )

(c)

Figure 6. Effect of the catalyst on (a) methane conversion, (b) hydrogen selectivity, and
(c) hydrocarbons selectivity. Data was obtained at gas flow rate of 30ml/min and
supplied power of 80W.