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Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering >> 2013, Volume 7, Issue 3 doi: 10.1007/s11705-013-1345-2

Methane partial oxidation over NiO-MgO/Ce

1. Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; 2. Centre for Advanced Materials and Environmental Research, Mahanakorn University of Technology, Bangkok 10530, Thailand; 3. National Center of Excellence for Petroleum, Petrochemicals, and Advanced Materials (PPAM), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Available online: 2013-09-05

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Abstract

Methane partial oxidation (MPO) is considered as an alternative method to produce hydrogen because it is an exothermic reaction to afford a suitable H /CO ratio of 2. However, carbon deposition on a catalyst is observed as a major cause of catalyst deactivation in MPO. In order to find suitable catalysts that prevent the carbon deposition, NiO-MgO/Ce Zr O (CZO) supported catalysts were prepared via the co-impregnation (C) and sequential incipient wetness impregnation (S) methods. The amount of Ni loading was fixed at 15 wt-% whereas the amount of MgO loading was varied from 5 to 15 wt-%. The results revealed that the addition of MgO shifted the light-off temperatures to higher temperatures. This is because the Ni surface was partially covered with MgO, and the strong interaction between NiO and NiMgO over CZO support led to the difficulty in reducing NiO to active Ni and thus less catalytic activity. However, among the catalysts tested, the 15Ni5Mg/CZO (S) catalyst exhibited the best catalytic stability for MPO after 18 h on stream at 750°C. Moreover, this catalyst had a better resistance to carbon deposition due to its high metallic Ni dispersion at high temperature.

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