A Green Process for High-Concentration Ethylene and Hydrogen Production from Methane in a Plasma-Followed-by-Catalyst Reactor

A green process for the oxygen-free conversion of methane to high-concentration ethylene and hydrogen in a plasma-followed-by-catalyst （PFC） reactor is presented. Without any catalysts and with pure methane used as the feed gas, a stable kilohertz spark discharge leads to an acetylene yield of 64.1%, ethylene yield of 2.5% and hydrogen yield of 59.0% with 80.0% of methane conversion at a methane flow rate of 50 cm3 min-1 and a specific input energy of 38.4 kJ/L. In the effluent gas from a stable kilohertz spark discharge reactor, the concentrations of acetylene, ethylene and hydrogen were 18.1%, 0.7% and 66.9%, respectively. When catalysts Pd-Ag/SiO2 were employed in the second stage with discharge conditions same as in the case of plasma alone, the PFC reactor provides an ethylene yield of 52.1% and hydrogen yield of 43.4%. The concentrations of ethylene and hydrogen in the effluent gas from the PFC reactor were found to be as high as 17.1% and 62.6%, respectively. Moreover, no acetylene was detected in the effluent gas. This means that a high concentration of ethylene and oxygen-free hydrogen can be co-produced directly from methane in the PFC reactor.     

全固态激光器14 kHz Q脉冲实验研究

在激光二极管抽运固体激光器(DPSSL)中设计一种由无刷电机驱动,采用棱镜作为旋转反射镜的转镜Q开关。设计了20只棱镜的转盘,获得重复频率14.3 kHz的激光脉冲,实现了千赫兹高重复频率大功率关断能力的Q开关技术。在逐步提高转镜转速来缩短Q开关时间的实验中,激光脉冲序列相应递减,当棱镜转镜转速为4.3×104r/min时,获得脉宽89 ns,重复频率14.3 kHz的1064 nm高重复频率脉冲输出。当输入功率为795 W时,获得平均功率100 W脉冲输出,电-光转换效率为12.5%,峰值功率达到78.3 kW。实验结果说明,棱镜转镜Q开关是实现全固态激光器千赫兹Q脉冲输出的可行技术途径之一。     

激光二极管千赫兹级Nd:YVO4皮秒脉冲激光再生放大器

采用光纤耦合激光二极管端面抽运Nd:YVO4激光晶体,抽运光平均功率为20W,脉冲宽度为100μs,获得了重复频率为1 kHz、平均功率为1.5 W的再生皮秒脉冲激光输出,脉冲宽度约为15 ps,两个方向上的光束质量因子均小于1.4。