NiMg/Ceria-Zirconia Cylindrical Pellet Catalysts for Tri-reforming of Surrogate Biogas

Zhao, Xianhui; Walker, Devin; Maiti, Debtanu; Petrov, Amanda; Kastelic, Matthew; Joseph, Babu; Kuhn, John

doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.7b03669

Title: NiMg/Ceria-Zirconia Cylindrical Pellet Catalysts for Tri-reforming of Surrogate Biogas

Journal Article · Fri Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b03669· OSTI ID:1417752

Zhao, Xianhui ^[1]; Walker, Devin ^[2]; Maiti, Debtanu ^[1]; Petrov, Amanda ^[1]; Kastelic, Matthew ^[1]; Joseph, Babu ^[3]; Kuhn, John ^[3]

Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States). Dept. of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
T2C-Energy, LLC, Tampa, FL (United States)
Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States). Dept. of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering; T2C-Energy, LLC, Tampa, FL (United States)

Cylindrical NiMg/Ce_0.6Zr_0.4O₂ pellet catalysts with two different sizes (large: radius = 1.59 mm; and 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 ones. 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 (0.35 – 1.16) varied. The small catalyst pellets exhibited lower internal mass transfer resistance and higher coking resistance, compared to the large ones. 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. Finally, the results indicate that the NiMg/Ce_0.6Zr_0.4O₂ catalyst pellets are promising for commercial scale applications.

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Research Organization:: T2C-Energy, LLC, Tampa, FL (United States); Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0015221

OSTI ID:: 1417752

Journal Information:: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 57, Issue 3; ISSN 0888-5885

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