Oxidative coupling of methane over a Sr-promoted La{sub 2}O{sub 3} catalyst supported on a low surface area porous catalyst carrier
- National Chemical Lab., Pune (India). Chemical Engineering Div.
Oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) to higher hydrocarbons over Sr-promoted La{sub 2}O{sub 3} supported on commercial low surface area porous catalyst carriers at 800 and 850 C and a space velocity of 102,000 cm{sup 3}/g{center_dot}h has been thoroughly investigated. Effects of support, catalyst particle size, linear gas velocity, Sr/La ratio, CH{sub 4}/O{sub 2} ratio in the feed, and catalyst dilution by inert solid particles on the conversion, yield, or selectivity and product ratios (C{sub 2}H{sub 4}/C{sub 2}H{sub 6} and CO/CO{sub 2}) in the OCM process have been studied. The catalysts have been characterized for their basicity, acidity, and oxygen chemisorption by the TPD of CO{sub 2}, ammonia, and oxygen, respectively, from 50 to 950 C and also characterized for their surface area. The supported catalysts showed better performance than the unsupported one. The best OCM results (obtained over Sr-La{sub 2}O{sub 3}/SA-5205 with a Sr/La ratio of 0.3 at a space velocity of 102,000 cm{sup 3}/g{center_dot}h) are 30.1% CH{sub 4} conversion with 65.6% selectivity for C{sub 2+} (or 19.7% C{sub 2+}-yield) at 850 C (CH{sub 4}/O{sub 2} = 16.0). The basicity is strongly influenced by the Sr/La ratio; the supported catalysts showed the best performance for their Sr/La ratio of about 0.3. The methane/O{sub 2} ratio also showed a strong influence for their Sr/La ratio of about 0.3. The methane/O{sub 2} ratio also showed a strong influence on the OCM process. However, the influence of linear gas velocity and particle size is found to be small; it results mainly from the temperature gradient in the catalyst. The catalyst dilution has beneficial effects for achieving a higher C{sub 2}H{sub 4}/C{sub 2}H{sub 6} ratio and also for reducing the hazardous nature of the OCM process because of the coupling of the exothermic oxidative conversion reactions and the endothermic thermal cracking reactions and also due to the increased heat transfer area.
- OSTI ID:
- 538225
- Journal Information:
- Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 36, Issue 9; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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