Marked enhancement of the methane dehydrocondensation toward benzene using effective Pd catalytic membrane reactor with Mo/ZSM-5

Steady state product formation rates of benzene, hydrogen, naphthalene, toluene in methane dehydrocondensation reaction on 3 wt% Mo loaded ZSM-5 catalyst was enhanced 2-10 times by the removal of hydrogen using Pd membrane for 100 h at 883 K. The amount of permeated hydrogen through the Pd membrane was measured before and during the methane dehydrocondensation reaction. About 50-60% of hydrogen from the total hydrogen produced during the methane dehydrocondensation was selectively removed by the Pd membrane, owing to which the equilibrium of the methane dehydrocondensation was shifted toward the product side.