V D Dolgikh, A V Pashin, G V Mikheeva, T N Golovanova and I V Kudinov

Samara state technical university, 244, Molodogvardeyskaya st., Samara, Samara region, 443100, Russian Federation

Abstract

One of the perspective methods to get the hydrogen with zero CO/CO2 emissions is the thermal decomposition of methane. In the present work, the research was focused on the pyrolysis of methane in a layer of liquid tin. During the experiments, a 30% conversion of methane was obtained for a reactor with a height of 0.1 m. During the thermal decomposition of methane, solid carbon particles appear in the form of soot. These particles must be removed mechanically to avoid clogging the reactor.