It was proved that atmospheric non-equilibrium plasma can be deemed as “reaction carrier”,
and is an effective method of partial oxidation of methane to methanol and other higher
hydrocarbons. In this paper, hydrogen peroxide vapor is selected as oxygen-containing
oxidizer and used to activate and convert methane into methanol in an atmospheric
dielectric barrier discharge. A detailed axisymmetric 2D fluid model in CH 4/H 2 O/H 2 O 2
gas mixture is developed, with an emphasis on gas-phase plasma chemistry for partial …