Study on Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge Plasma Driven Ch4-Ch3oh to C2-C4 Alcohols

CH 4 is a major component of natural gas, widely derived from energy and agriculture production 1 . However, the high chemical stability of CH 4 seriously challenged the feasibility of this synthesis pathway under mild operating condition. Non-thermal plasma is widely regarded as a novel molecular activation technology, which can easily initial chemical reactions under mild conditions 2 . In this work, the conversion of CH 4 -CH 3 OH to C2-C4 value-added alcohols was enabled by nanosecond pulsed plasma. We mainly investigated the effects of reactant composition on electrical characteristics and conversion performance.