Structural and functional model of methane hydroxylase of membrane-bound methane monooxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)

Computer analysis of a wide range of primary sequences showed that -, -, and -peptides of membrane-bound methane hydroxylase contained 2, 7, and 6 transmembrane helices respectively. Conservative amino acid residues participating in complex formation were revealed. The - and -peptides are suggested to contain mononuclear copper ions with the ligand environment mainly consisting of His residues. The Cu sites are located in the hydrophilic region and are responsible for ESR signals. The active site of -peptide in which the activation of O₂ and oxidation of CH₄ occur is localized in the hydrophobic region close to the membrane surface. This site is formed by the amino acid residues of four transmembrane helices and one loop between them and is suggested to be a binuclear Cu—Fe or Fe—Fe center. The Cu site of -peptide transfers electrons to the active site of -peptide, and the Cu site of -peptide is either involved in this process or only stabilizes the protein structure.     

甲烷无氧芳构化催化剂的活性相生成研究

利用在线质谱分析检测了在各种催化剂上甲烷的程序升温表面反应(TPSR)过程中不同物种的行为.结果表明,MoO₃向Mo₂C的转变阻碍了甲烷的活化及其芳构化.如果这个转变过程在TPSR反应前发生,甲烷活化和苯生成的温度将大大降低(分别为760K和847K).通过比较担载在不同分子筛上钼物种的催化行为发现,甲烷的初始活化是这个反应速率的决定步骤.只有具备合适的钼价态,Bro-nsted酸性以及特殊的分子筛孔道结构的催化剂才能使甲烷芳构化反应高效进行.     

测定气体水合物相平衡数据的高压 PVT装置

建立了一套用于研究气体水合物的高压流体PVT（压力－体积－温度）测试系统。分别利用低压和高压传感器在温度268－283．2K时,压力6－40．2kPa和4600－7200kPa范围内采用恒温试压法分别对1,1－dichloro-1-fluoroethane(1,1二氯－1－氟乙烷）和甲烷气体水合物相平衡点进行了测试;并将所得两组数据与文献值相比较。该装置温度、压力范围较宽,可用于气体水合物相平衡实验。     

Methane Aromatization Under O2-Free Conditions on Zinc Modified Mo/HZSM-5 Catalyst

The influence of Zn content, reaction temperature and pretreatment conditions on a Zn-modified Mo/HZSM-5 catalyst for methane aromatization were studied. It was found that the addition of Zn promoted the reaction. Methane conversion of 10.9% and aromatics selectivity of 96.7% were obtained with a Zn/Mo molar ratio of 0.03 and N₂ pretreatment at 973 K. The results of isopropanol decomposition, NH₃-TPD and TG-DTA suggest that the addition of Zn decrease the acidity of the catalyst, which may be the reason for the high activity on the Mo-Zn/HZSM-5 catalyst. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Nanostructured perovskite oxides as promising substitutes of noble metals catalysts for catalytic combustion of methane

In this review, we summarize the recent development of nanostructured perovskite oxide catalysts for methane combustion, and shed some light on the rational design of high efficient nanostructured perovskite catalysts via lattice oxygen activation, lattice oxygen mobility and materials morphology engineering.     

Decomposition of methane over alumina supported Fe and Ni–Fe bimetallic catalyst: Effect of preparation procedure and calcination temperature

Catalytic decomposition of methane has been studied extensively as the production of hydrogen and formation of carbon nanotube is proven crucial from the scientific and technological point of view. In that context, variation of catalyst preparation procedure, calcination temperature and use of promoters could significantly alter the methane conversion, hydrogen yield and morphology of carbon nanotubes formed after the reaction. In this work, Ni promoted and unpromoted Fe/Al₂O₃ catalysts have been prepared by impregnation, sol–gel and co-precipitation method with calcination at two different temperatures. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N₂ physisorption, temperature programmed reduction (TPR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) techniques. The catalytic activity was tested for methane decomposition reaction. The catalytic activity was high when calcined at 500 °C temperature irrespective of the preparation method. However while calcined at high temperature the catalyst prepared by impregnation method showed a high activity. It is found from XRD and TPR characterization that disordered iron oxides supported on alumina play an important role for dissociative chemisorptions of methane generating molecular hydrogen. The transmission electron microscope technique results of the spent catalysts showed the formation of carbon nanotube which is having length of 32–34 nm. The Fe nanoparticles are present on the tip of the carbon nanotube and nanotube grows by contraction–elongation mechanism. Among three different methodologies impregnation method was more effective to generate adequate active sites in the catalyst surface. The Ni promotion enhances the reducibility of Fe/Al₂O₃ oxides showing a higher catalytic activity. The catalyst is stable up to six hours on stream as observed in the activity results.     

甲烷在二元碱土金属复合体系催化剂上的氧化偶联

碱土金属氧化物或碳酸盐为多种类型甲烷氧化偶联制取C_2烃催化剂的重要组分之一.有关纯碱土金属氧化物及含氧酸盐的研究表明,这类化合物具有较强的表面碱性及高温P型半导性而对活化甲烷生成C_2烃有较高活性,关于不同碱土金属化合物之间混合形成的二元碱土金属复合体系催化剂的报导仍不多见,Aika等人曾报导用BaO与CaO或MgO混合的催化剂上在1073K时可以获得61.1%C_2烃选择性和14.2%的C_2烃收率,但BaO易在反应条件下与水反应生成Ba(OH)_2而腐蚀器壁,不利于长期操作.本文报导了一系列不同碱土金属化合物之间形成的二元碱土复合体系催化剂上甲烷氧化偶联的反应结果.结果表明,这类催化剂由于其结构稳定、活性好而值得进一步研究.     

二氧化碳多相催化加氢的新进展

就近年来关于ＣＯ２活化、几个重要的ＣＯ２多相催化加氢反应及廉价氢的供给的研究进展进行综述。参考文献３４篇。     

甲烷在Li-Ln-MgO氧化物上催化氧化偶联

近年来,对天然气的综合利用已逐渐为人们所重视。甲烷氧化偶联制乙烯、乙烷这一新课题受到催化工作者愈来愈多的关注^[1~5]。本工作初步探讨了Li-Ln-MgO三元氧化物催化剂对甲烷氧化偶联反应的催化性能。添加稀土元素可使C₂的选择性、单收明显提高。本催化剂体系制备简单、原料便宜,值得进一步开发研究。     

Empirical line parameters of methane in the 1.63–1.48 μm transparency window by high sensitivity Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy

The positions and intensities of methane in the 1.58 μm transparency window have been measured by high sensitivity Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy at room temperature. The achieved sensitivity allowed measuring intensities as small as 3 × 10⁻²⁹ cm/molecule i.e. three orders of magnitude smaller than the intensity cut off of the HITRAN line list of methane. The complete list contains a total of 16,149 transitions between 6165 and 6750 cm⁻¹. Their intensity values vary over six orders of magnitude from 1.6 × 10⁻²⁹ to 2.5 × 10⁻²³ cm/molecule. Transitions due to CH₃D in “natural” abundance in our methane sample were identified using a new spectrum of CH₃D recorded separately with a Fourier Transform spectrometer. From simulations of the CH₃D and methane spectra at low resolution, the CH₃D isotopologue has be found to contribute by up to 30% of the absorption near 1.58 μm.