National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.10775028,20573014);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities(NCET-06-0282);the FokYing Tung Education Foundation of China(No.94015)
Oxygen-free conversion of methane to ethylene was investigated in a two-stage plasma-followed-by-catalyst (PFC) reactor. In the absence of catalyst, pulsed spark discharges and pulsed corona discharges were compared...