Tri-reforming of surrogate blogs over Ni/Mg/ceria-zirconia/alumina pellet catalysts

Zhao, Xianhui; Ngo, Huong T.; Walker, Devin M.; Weber, David; Maiti, Debtanu; Cementer, Ummuhan; Petrov, Amanda D.; Joseph, Babu; Kuhn, John N.

doi:10.1080/00986445.2018.1434162

Title: Tri-reforming of surrogate blogs over Ni/Mg/ceria-zirconia/alumina pellet catalysts

Journal Article · Wed Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Chemical Engineering Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00986445.2018.1434162· OSTI ID:1417753

Zhao, Xianhui ^[1]; Ngo, Huong T. ^[1]; Walker, Devin M. ^[2]; Weber, David ^[1]; Maiti, Debtanu ^[1]; Cementer, Ummuhan ^[1]; Petrov, Amanda D. ^[1]; Joseph, Babu ^[3]; Kuhn, John N. ^[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)

The performance of catalytic tri-reforming under industrially relevant situations (e.g., pellet catalysts, pressurized reactor) was investigated using surrogate biogas as the feedstock. Tri-reforming using Ni/Mg/Ce_0.6Zr_0.4O₂/Al₂O₃ pellet catalysts was studied in a bench scale fixed-bed reactor. The feed molar ratio for CH₄: CO₂: air was fixed as 1.0: 0.70: 0.95. The effects of temperature (800 – 860 °C), pressure (1 – 6 bar), and H₂O/CH₄ molar feed ratio (0.23 – 0.65) were examined. Pressure has substantial impact on the reaction and transport rates and equilibrium conversions, making it a key variable. At 860 °C, CO₂ conversion increased from 4 to 61% and H₂/CO molar ratio decreased from 2.0 to 1.1 as the pressure changed from 1 to 6 bar. CO₂ conversion and H₂/CO molar ratio were also influenced by the temperature and H₂O/CH₄ molar ratio. At 3 bar, CO₂ conversion varied between 4 and 43% and the H₂/CO molar ratio varied between 1.2 and 1.9 as the temperature changed from 800 to 860 °C. At 3 bar and 860 °C, CO₂ conversion decreased from 35 to 8% and H₂/CO molar ratio increased from 1.7 to 2.4 when the H₂O/CH₄ molar ratio was increased from 0.23 to 0.65. This work demonstrates that the tri-reforming technology is feasible for converting biogas under scaled-up conditions in a fixed-bed reactor.

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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); T2C-Energy, LLC; Florida High Tech Corridor

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Journal Information:: Chemical Engineering Communications, Vol. 205, Issue 8; ISSN 0098-6445

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