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Effect of reduction temperature, carbiding, and sulfur poisoning on the methanation activity of Raney nickel

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7177976
The effects of reduction temperature, carbiding and sulfur poisoning on the methanation activity of Raney nickel were investigated. A combination of techniques such as BET surface areas, H/sub 2/ and CO chemisorption, ESCA measurements and activity tests were used to characterize the catalyst before and after deactivation. The following reductions in catalytic activity, as determined in a pulse microreactor at 320/sup 0/C, were observed for the deactivated samples. Initial heating of the catalyst for 3-/sup 1///sub 2/ hours at 500/sup 0/C and 1 hour at 600/sup 0/C in 8 percent H/sub 2/ in helium lowered CO conversion by 12 and 24 percent, respectively, when compared to a sample that was reduced for 1 hour at 400/sup 0/C. The methanation activity of Raney nickel at 320/sup 0/C was drastically lowered following a precarbiding treatment at 263/sup 0/C. Surface poisoning with H/sub 2/S caused a greater reduction in methanation activity than that attributed to the corresponding decrease in free nickel surface area. A surface carbide and sulfur species were observed by ESCA measurements on samples that were deactivated by carbiding and H/sub 2/S poisoning.
Research Organization:
Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, Pa. (USA). Pittsburgh Energy Research Center
OSTI ID:
7177976
Report Number(s):
PERC/RI-78/2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English