NON-OXIDATIVE CONVERSION С1–С4 SATURATED HYDROCARBONS IN THE BARRIER DISCHARGE
Investigations of physico-chemical properties of liquid product obtained by the conversion of propane-butane fraction and associated petroleum gas in the conditions of the barrier discharge were performed. Liquid product obtained by conversion of associated petroleum gas has a higher density and viscosity compared to products from the conversion of propane- butane fraction. It is also shown that the yield of liquid hydrocarbon per unit volume of feed gas decreases due to increasing the content of methane source gas fraction. It was established that alcohols with branched structures are detected among the reaction products of the hydrocarbons conversion together in presence of water vapor. Some assumptions about the possible mechanism of oxygen-free hydrocarbon conversion conditions barrier discharge were made on the basis of data on the component composition of the products formed and conducted calculations.