The catalyzed conversion of methane to methanol at high pressure

Conference · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (USA)

OSTI ID:5279394

Hunter, N R; Gesser, H D; Morton, L A; Yarlagadda, P S; Fung, D P.C. ^[1]

---

1. Department of Energy, Ottawa (Canada)

The direct conversion of methane to methanol has recently been reviewed by three independent studies. The process has also been economically evaluated relative to the conventional methanol process and shown to be preferred at CH{sub 3}OH selectivities greater than about 75% with conversion as low as 4%. During a study of the catalytic reaction we found higher selectivities to methanol under noncatalytic conditions where reactor inertness was achieved by using a glass-lining. It was also observed, as previous workers had found, that natural gas reacted at about 100{degree} below the methane reaction due to the presence of higher hydrocarbons (and presumably weaker C-H bonds). Thus, a study was undertaken to examine the effect of sensitizers on the reaction.

• OSTI ID: 5279394
• Report Number(s): CONF-8708314--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (USA) Journal Volume: 32:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
030400 -- Natural Gas-- Products & By-Products
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
100200* -- Synthetic Fuels-- Production-- (1990-)
ALCOHOLS
ALKANES
ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS
ANTIMONY OXIDES
CATALYSIS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COBALT
COPPER
DATA
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HIGH PRESSURE
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
METALS
METHANE
METHANOL
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SYNTHESIS
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TITANIUM OXIDES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS