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Methane, Volume 2, Issue 1

March 2023 - 8 articles

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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,340 Views
10 Pages

17 February 2023

Since WO3 is a relatively abundant metal oxide and features the ability to absorb in the visible spectrum, this non-toxic semiconductor is a promising photocatalyst among sustainable materials. These properties have delivered intriguing catalytic res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,417 Views
17 Pages

8 February 2023

CO2 methanation was studied on Ni-based yttria-stabilised zirconia (Ni/YSZ) catalysts. The catalysts were prepared by the wet impregnation method, where the amount of Ni content was varied from 5% to 75%. Thereafter, the prepared catalysts were analy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
10,799 Views
20 Pages

17 January 2023

This paper presents the implementation of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in Tanzania’s road transportation sector. The peculiarity of this analysis is the evaluation of the technical and economic performance of the converted gasoline and diesel en...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,215 Views
9 Pages

Efficient Performance of the Methane-Carbon Dioxide Reform Process in a Fluidized Bed Reactor

  • José A. Pacífico,
  • Nelson M. Lima Filho and
  • Cesar A. Moraes de Abreu

15 January 2023

The reforming of methane with CO2 was carried out efficiently in a fluidized bed reactor at 973 K under atmospheric pressure, taking advantage of the nickel catalyst efficiency achieved with a bed of particulate fines. The fluidization operation was...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,174 Views
12 Pages

Photocatalytic Methane Conversion over Pd/ZnO Photocatalysts under Mild Conditions

  • Arthur Pignataro Machado,
  • Saulo Amaral Carminati,
  • Eliane Ribeiro Januário,
  • Patricia Silvaino Ferreira,
  • Jorge Moreira Vaz and
  • Estevam Vitorio Spinacé

7 January 2023

Here, Pd nanoparticles supported on ZnO were prepared by the alcohol-reduction and the borohydride-reduction methods, and their efficiency towards the photocatalytic conversion of methane under mild conditions were evaluated. The resulting Pd/ZnO pho...

  • Review
  • Open Access
41 Citations
15,319 Views
20 Pages

Fisher–Tropsch Synthesis for Conversion of Methane into Liquid Hydrocarbons through Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Process: A Review

  • Farah T. Alsudani,
  • Abdullah N. Saeed,
  • Nisreen S. Ali,
  • Hasan Sh. Majdi,
  • Hussein G. Salih,
  • Talib M. Albayati,
  • Noori M. Cata Saady and
  • Zaidoon M. Shakor

4 January 2023

The interest in Gas-to-Liquid technology (GTL) is growing worldwide because it involves a two-step indirect conversion of natural gas to higher hydrocarbons ranging from Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to paraffin wax. GTL makes it possible to obtain c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,606 Views
23 Pages

Comparison of Methods to Segment Variable-Contrast XCT Images of Methane-Bearing Sand Using U-Nets Trained on Single Dataset Sub-Volumes

  • Fernando J. Alvarez-Borges,
  • Oliver N. F. King,
  • Bangalore N. Madhusudhan,
  • Thomas Connolley,
  • Mark Basham and
  • Sharif I. Ahmed

20 December 2022

Methane (CH4) hydrate dissociation and CH4 release are potential geohazards currently investigated using X-ray computed tomography (XCT). Image segmentation is an important data processing step for this type of research. However, it is often time con...

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