Oxidative Coupling of Methane over BaO Mixed with CaO and MgO

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1987.81

Various metal oxides mixed with BaO were studied as a catalyst for coupling of methane.For example, a BaO-CaO catalyst shows a high activity (20.9 mmol/hg) for the C2 formation (C2H6+C2H4) with a high C2 selectivity (61.1percent) under the following conditions; 1073 K, P(CH4)=40 kPa, a ratio of CH4 to O2 = 5.0, and W/F = 3.39 gh/mol.