title: Non-oxidative coupling of methane catalysed by supported tungsten hydride onto alumina and silica-alumina in classical and H2 permeable membrane fixed-bed reactors.
abstract: Non-oxidative coupling of methane with high selectivity into ethane (>99% among hydrocarbon) in a classical fixed-bed reactor catalysed by SiO(2)-Al(2)O(3) or gamma-Al(2)O(3) supported tungsten hydride is presented. Continuous hydrogen separation, using a Pd-Ag membrane in a fixed-bed reactor, led to methane coupling far beyond the thermodynamic equilibrium conversion.
authors.affiliation: Université Lyon 1, Institut de Chimie Lyon, CPE Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5265 C2P2, LCOMS, Bâtiment 308 F, 43 Blvd du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
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