Organic Reactions in Electrical Discharges

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Acetylene

   • N. P. Fedorenko, E. P. Shchukin

   Pages 1-7

3. Pyrolysis of Gasoline Vapor to Acetylene and Olefins in a Steam Plasma

   • D. T. Il’in, E. N. Eremin

   Pages 8-10

4. Pyrolysis of Single Hydrocarbons or Gasoline Vapor by Mixing with Hydrogen Plasma from an Electric Arc

   • D. T. Il’in, E. N. Eremin

   Pages 11-19

5. How the Electrocracking of Methane Is Affected by Adding Propane and Butane

   • D. T. Il’in, E. N. Eremin

   Pages 20-24

6. How the Dimensions of the Reaction Channel and Discharge Chamber Affect the Electrocracking of Methane

   • D. T. Il’in, E. N. Eremin

   Pages 25-32

7. Kinetics and Mechanism of Acetylene Conversion in a Glow Discharge at Low Pressures

   • E. N. Borisova, E. N. Eremin

   Pages 33-39

8. Kinetics and Mechanism of Ethylene Conversion in a Glow Discharge at Low Pressures

   • E. N. Borisova, E. N. Eremin

   Pages 40-45

9. Kinetics and Mechanism of Ethane Conversion in a Glow Discharge at Low Pressures

   • E. N. Borisova, E. N. Eremin

   Pages 46-51

10. Kinetics and Mechanism of Methane Conversion in a Glow Discharge at Low Pressures

    • E. N. Borisova, E. N. Eremin

    Pages 52-57

11. The Effect of the Electrode Material and the Soot Content of the Feedstock on Acetylene Manufacture by Decomposition of a Liquid Organic Feedstock in High-Voltage Discharges

    • N. S. Pechuro, E. Ya. Grodzinskii, O. Yu. Pesin

    Pages 58-64

12. Codecomposition of Light and Heavy Hydrocarbons in High-Voltage Discharges

    • N. S. Pechuro, E. K. Starostin

    Pages 65-70

13. On the Effect of the Electrode Diameter and Circulation of the Feedstock on the Decomposition of Liquid Hydrocarbons in Electric Discharges

    • N. S. Pechuro, O. Yu. Pesin, V. A. Filimonov

    Pages 71-77

14. The Use of Electrical Energy for Obtaining Acetylene from Wet Liquid Hydrocarbons and Crude Petroleum

    • N. V. Shishakov, F. M. Topol’skaya

    Pages 78-84

15. Electrocracking of Sulfurous Products in Multiple Arc Discharges

    • D. A. Sibarov, A. D. Kokurin

    Pages 85-89

16. The Effect of Certain Factors on Electrocracking in Microdischarges

    • A. D. Kokurin, E. A. Kolodin, V. D. Obrezkov

    Pages 90-94

17. Thermal Decomposition of Liquid Petroleum Products Mixed with Soot Formed during Electrocracking

    • N. S. Pechuro, E. Yu. Bulychev, A. N. Merkur’ev

    Pages 95-101

18. Changes in the Physicochemical Properties of Organic Liquids Due to Partial Decomposition by a Nonstationary Electrical Discharge

    • A. N. Merkur’ev, I. A. Pesina, N. S. Pechuro

    Pages 102-107

19. The Influence of Current Strength and Pulse Length on the Decomposition of an Organic Liquid by a Condensed Discharge

    • O. Yu. Pesin, A. N. Merkur’ev, N. S. Pechuro

    Pages 108-113

20. Decomposition of Single Hydrocarbons during Electro Erosion Powered by a Mechanical Pulse Generator

    • N. S. Pechuro, V. I. Gol’din, A. N. Merkur’ev

    Pages 114-119

Recently interest has arisen in the use of electrical discharges to effect chemical reactions. Various types of discharges enable us to alter the conditions of a process over a wide range, and often ro combine the high electron "temperatures" necessary to activ ate certainreactions with the low molecular temperatures of the medium used. This makes it possible to simplify the techniques and apparatus required for a process, and to "quench" the products, thus preventing them from decomposing again. Same work on the use of electrical discharges has already found practical applications, These include the preparation of oxides of nitrogen, hydrocyanic acid, ozone, and hydrogen peroxide, thickening of oils, synthesis of acetylene and its homologs, hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of various oils and animal fats, etc, In the heavy organic-synthesis industry, lower olefins and acetylenes are used an a !arge scale as raw ma­ terials for producing many valuable products, Methods of producing ethylene, propylene, and butylenes from gaseous and liquid hydrocarbon feedstocks have been widely adopted. However, the production of acetylene­ which is an important and sometimes indispensable initial product-is mainly based an calcium carbide. De­ spite a number of recent improvements, this method of acetylene production suffers from high electric power consumption and expensive raw materials, requires several stages, and produces !arge amounts of waste products. V arious lines are being followed in the attempt to find new, more sophisticated means of producing acetylene.

• Calcium
• Chemical reaction
• electron
• fats
• hydrogen
• hydrogen peroxide
• nitrogen
• oils
• ozone
• reactions
• synthesis
• temperature

• Department of Petrochemical Synthesis, Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia

  N. S. Pechuro

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