Abstract
La 1− x Sr x Co 1− y Fe y O 3− δ perovskite-type oxides are typical of mixed-conducting ceramic membrane materials with very high oxygen semipermeability. In this study, several different synthesis methods were compared for the preparation of La 0.8Sr 0.2Co 0.6Fe 0.4O 3− δ (LSCF) powders. The coprecipitation method was found most suitable for preparation of the LSCF powder in terms of processibility into dense ceramic membranes. The oxygen permeation flux through 1.85 mm LSCF membrane exposed to O 2/N 2 mixture and helium is about 1×10 −7 mol/cm 2 s at 950°C. The oxygen permeation flux increases sharply around 825°C due to an order–disorder transition of the oxygen vacancies in the membrane. Oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) was performed in the LSCF membrane reactor with one membrane surface exposed to O 2/N 2 mixture stream and other to CH 4/He mixture stream. At temperatures higher than 850°C, high C 2 selectivity (70–90%) and yield (10–18%) were achieved with a feed ratio (He/CH 4) of 40–90. The C 2 selectivity dropped dramatically to less than 40% as the He/CH 4 ratio decreased to 20. The surface catalytic properties for OCM of LSCF membranes strongly depend on the oxygen activity of the membrane surface exposed to methane stream.
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