Dynamics of catalyst in oxidative coupling of methane》.pdfVIP

Chemical Engineering Science 63 (2008) 4910–4916 /locate/ces Dynamics of Mn/Na WO /SiO catalyst in oxidative coupling of methane 2 4 2 a b b ,∗ a V. Salehoun , A. Khodadadi , Y. Mortazavi , A. Talebizadeh a Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran b Oil and Gas Centre of Excellence, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Received 26 April 2007; received in revised form 8 August 2007; accepted 13 August 2007 Available online 19 August 2007 Abstract The dynamics of Mn–Na2WO4 /SiO2 catalyst in oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) was investigated by transient experiments at a temperature range of 700–850 ◦C. Both the on-line analyses by GC–MS and off-line analyses by multi-port sampling valve were employed. The fully oxidized catalyst was exposed to concentration step-change of CH4 from 0.0% to 10% in Ar and the rate of consumption of CH4 and the rate of formation of OCM products were monitored. The results reveal that the catalyst has stable redox properties and provides its lattice oxygen for the reaction. Both hydrocarbon products and carbon oxides are formed in the absence of gas-phase oxygen. The reduced catalyst gets fully oxidized when exposed to gas-phase oxygen and recovers its activity to initial activity quite fast. The catalyst does not deactiva