Plasma Chemical Synthesis of Methanol in a Bubble Reactor With Metal Melt

The results of modeling of nonequilibrium radical-chain synthesis of methanol in a bubble reactor with a metallic melt are presented. Modeling was performed for a mixture of methane and oxygen (O concentration 10–30 vol %) at pressure 10–40 atm, initial temperature 800–900 K and radical concentration CH 0.1–0.5 vol %. It was obtained that heat removal during exothermic reactions in the bubbles of the bubble reactor prevents the temperature rise, providing an increase in methanol yield up to 22%. Modeling of radical generation in gas discharge is performed.