Method for production of syngas by plasma-enabled conversion

Abstract

A method to produce syngas is disclosed herein which includes continuously flowing a mixture comprising a hydrocarbon, and a gaseous converting agent comprising one or more of carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor (H2O), at an inlet temperature through a reactor inlet into a plasma-chemical reactor while inputting an amount of electrical energy into the mixture thereby forming a plasma from the mixture within the reactor thereby increasing an enthalpy of the mixture sufficiently to form a product syngas from the mixture comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and less than or equal to about 0.1 mol % solid carbonaceous compounds, based on a total amount of carbon initially present in the mixture; and flowing the product syngas through a reactor outlet of the plasma-chemical reactor and cooling the product syngas to a temperature of less than or equal to about 700 K, wherein a conversion of the hydrocarbons is greater than or equal to about 90 mol %, based on an initial amount of hydrocarbon present in the mixture.

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