Матричная конверсия метана: закономерности, преимущества и практические перспективы

А.В. Никитин; А.В. Озерский; И.В. Седов; В.И. Савченко; В.С. Арутюнов

doi:10.18321/cpc24(2)127-136

Authors

A.V. Nikitin N.N. Semenov FRC CP RAS, Kosygina Str., 4, Moscow, Russia; FRC PCPMC RAS, Academician N.N. Semenov Ave., 1, Chernogolovka, Russia
A.V. Ozerskii N.N. Semenov FRC CP RAS, Kosygina Str., 4, Moscow, Russia
I.V. Sedov FRC PCPMC RAS, Academician N.N. Semenov Ave., 1, Chernogolovka, Russia
V.I. Savchenko FRC PCPMC RAS, Academician N.N. Semenov Ave., 1, Chernogolovka, Russia
V.S. Arutyunov N.N. Semenov FRC CP RAS, Kosygina Str., 4, Moscow, Russia; FRC PCPMC RAS, Academician N.N. Semenov Ave., 1, Chernogolovka, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18321/cpc24(2)127-136

Keywords:

natural gas, matrix conversion, partial oxidation, synthesis gas

Abstract

Significant reserves of unconventional natural gas in the Earth’s crust make it possible to consider it, in the long term, not only as a key energy source but also as an economically attractive feedstock for the production of a wide range of basic petrochemical products. At the same time, the development of gas chemistry is to a large extent constrained by the high technological complexity and energy intensity of multistage processes required for the conversion of methane into thermodynamically less stable compounds.
One of the promising approaches to overcoming these limitations is the technology of autothermal matrix conversion of natural gas into synthesis gas and hydrogen, based on internal heat recuperation of reaction products and implemented under conditions of surface combustion. This approach makes it possible to increase the thermal efficiency of the process and to simplify its process design.
In the present work, the main physicochemical principles of methane matrix conversion with air are considered, the results achieved to date are summarized, and the most promising directions for its practical application are analyzed.

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