There has been carried out the process of noncatalytic oxidation of natural methane in the presence of hydrogen peroxide at the temperatures 840-880 ℃ what permitted to obtain hydrogen with high yield of hydrogen (...There has been carried out the process of noncatalytic oxidation of natural methane in the presence of hydrogen peroxide at the temperatures 840-880 ℃ what permitted to obtain hydrogen with high yield of hydrogen (74%) with inconsiderable quantity of CO (0.4%) in converted gas. As observed in the experiment, a variation of H2O2 concentration in the aqueous solution and other basic parameters of the process may induce the synthesis of gas with given H2:CO ratio for its further application in methanol or ammonia synthesis. In the latter process low CO concentration is required. Compared with the common high-temperature conversion of natural gas and further carbon oxide conversion on a catalyst, the current process promotes process simplification: the reaction is implemented at relatively low temperature (860-900 ℃ instead of 1400-1600 ℃for existing non-catalytic processes of methane conversion) and an additional unit for catalytic conversion of carbon oxide is excluded (in NH3 production). The mechanism of chemical conjugation in the CH4-H2O2-H2O system was elucidated and the inducing effect of H2O2 decomposition on the desired (secondary) reaction was quantitavely estimated. An adequate kinetic model was formulated on the basis of the proposed free-radical scheme.展开更多
文摘There has been carried out the process of noncatalytic oxidation of natural methane in the presence of hydrogen peroxide at the temperatures 840-880 ℃ what permitted to obtain hydrogen with high yield of hydrogen (74%) with inconsiderable quantity of CO (0.4%) in converted gas. As observed in the experiment, a variation of H2O2 concentration in the aqueous solution and other basic parameters of the process may induce the synthesis of gas with given H2:CO ratio for its further application in methanol or ammonia synthesis. In the latter process low CO concentration is required. Compared with the common high-temperature conversion of natural gas and further carbon oxide conversion on a catalyst, the current process promotes process simplification: the reaction is implemented at relatively low temperature (860-900 ℃ instead of 1400-1600 ℃for existing non-catalytic processes of methane conversion) and an additional unit for catalytic conversion of carbon oxide is excluded (in NH3 production). The mechanism of chemical conjugation in the CH4-H2O2-H2O system was elucidated and the inducing effect of H2O2 decomposition on the desired (secondary) reaction was quantitavely estimated. An adequate kinetic model was formulated on the basis of the proposed free-radical scheme.