NiMg/Ceria-Zirconia Cylindrical Pellet Catalysts for Tri-reforming of Surrogate Biogas
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b03669
Abstract
Cylindrical NiMg/Ce0.6Zr0.4O2 pellet catalysts with two different sizes (large, radius = 1.59 mm; small, radius = 0.75 mm) were produced by extrusion of powder catalysts. The small catalyst pellets had a higher specific surface area, pore volume, average pore size, radial crush strength, and resistance to breakage than the large pellets. Tri-reforming tests with surrogate biogas were conducted at 3 bar and 882 °C, with the feed molar ratios of CH4:CO2:air fixed at 1.0:0.7:0.95 and the H2O/CH4 molar feed ratio varied (0.35–1.16). The small catalyst pellets exhibited lower internal mass-transfer resistance and higher coking resistance compared to the large pellets. CO2 conversion decreased and H2/CO molar ratio increased with the increase of H2O/CH4 molar feed ratio, which are consistent with the trends predicted by thermodynamic equilibrium calculations. The results indicate that the NiMg/Ce0.6Zr0.4O2 catalyst pellets are promising for commercial scale applications.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, v. 57, issue 3, p. 845-855
Scholar Commons Citation
Zhao, Xianhui; Walker, Devin M.; Maiti, Debtanu; Petrov, Amanda D.; Kastelic, Matthew; Joseph, Babu; and Kuhn, John N., "NiMg/Ceria-Zirconia Cylindrical Pellet Catalysts for Tri-reforming of Surrogate Biogas" (2018). Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications. 37.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ech_facpub/37
