Assessing the viability of K-Mo2C for reverse water–gas shift scale-up: molecular to laboratory to pilot scale

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2524-2539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitchell Juneau ◽  
Madeline Vonglis ◽  
Joseph Hartvigsen ◽  
Lyman Frost ◽  
Dylan Bayerl ◽  
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K-Mo2C/γ-Al2O3 is a low-cost, high performance RWGS catalyst suitable for high throughput CO2 conversion into chemicals and fuels.

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Zubrin ◽  
Mitchell Clapp ◽  
Tom Meyer ◽  
Robert Zubrin ◽  
Mitchell Clapp ◽  
...  

Reactions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-146
Author(s):  
Yali Yao ◽  
Baraka Celestin Sempuga ◽  
Xinying Liu ◽  
Diane Hildebrandt

In order to explore co-production alternatives, a once-through process for CO2 hydrogenation to chemicals and liquid fuels was investigated experimentally. In this approach, two different catalysts were considered; the first was a Cu-based catalyst that hydrogenates CO2 to methanol and CO and the second a Fisher–Tropsch (FT) Co-based catalyst. The two catalysts were loaded into different reactors and were initially operated separately. The experimental results show that: (1) the Cu catalyst was very active in both the methanol synthesis and reverse-water gas shift (R-WGS) reactions and these two reactions were restricted by thermodynamic equilibrium; this was also supported by an Aspen plus simulation of an (equilibrium) Gibbs reactor. The Aspen simulation results also indicated that the reactor can be operated adiabatically under certain conditions, given that the methanol reaction is exothermic and R-WGS is endothermic. (2) the FT catalyst produced mainly CH4 and short chain saturated hydrocarbons when the feed was CO2/H2. When the two reactors were coupled in series and the presence of CO in the tail gas from the first reactor (loaded with Cu catalyst) significantly improves the FT product selectivity toward higher carbon hydrocarbons in the second reactor compared to the standalone FT reactor with only CO2/H2 in the feed.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Ichiro Makiura ◽  
Takuma Higo ◽  
Yutaro Kurosawa ◽  
Kota Murakami ◽  
Shuhei Ogo ◽  
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Efficient activation of CO2 at low temperature was achieved by reverse water–gas shift via chemical looping (RWGS-CL) by virtue of fast oxygen ion migration in a Cu–In structured oxide, even at lower temperatures.


Author(s):  
Daiya Kobayashi ◽  
Hirokazu Kobayashi ◽  
Kohei Kusada ◽  
Tomokazu Yamamoto ◽  
Takaaki Toriyama ◽  
...  

We report PtW solid-solution alloy nanoparticles (NPs) as a reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) reaction catalyst for the first time. Atomic-level alloying of Pt and W significantly enhanced the RWGS reaction activity of Pt NPs.


2021 ◽  
pp. 149925
Author(s):  
Hai-Yan Su ◽  
Keju Sun ◽  
Jin-Xun Liu ◽  
Xiufang Ma ◽  
Minzhen Jian ◽  
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Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 753
Author(s):  
Maria Lykaki ◽  
Sofia Stefa ◽  
Sónia A. C. Carabineiro ◽  
Miguel A. Soria ◽  
Luís M. Madeira ◽  
...  

The copper–ceria (CuOx/CeO2) system has been extensively investigated in several catalytic processes, given its distinctive properties and considerable low cost compared to noble metal-based catalysts. The fine-tuning of key parameters, e.g., the particle size and shape of individual counterparts, can significantly affect the physicochemical properties and subsequently the catalytic performance of the binary oxide. To this end, the present work focuses on the morphology effects of ceria nanoparticles, i.e., nanopolyhedra (P), nanocubes (C), and nanorods (R), on the water–gas shift (WGS) performance of CuOx/CeO2 catalysts. Various characterization techniques were employed to unveil the effect of shape on the structural, redox and surface properties. According to the acquired results, the support morphology affects to a different extent the reducibility and mobility of oxygen species, following the trend: R > P > C. This consequently influences copper–ceria interactions and the stabilization of partially reduced copper species (Cu+) through the Cu2+/Cu+ and Ce4+/Ce3+ redox cycles. Regarding the WGS performance, bare ceria supports exhibit no activity, while the addition of copper to the different ceria nanostructures alters significantly this behaviour. The CuOx/CeO2 sample of rod-like morphology demonstrates the best catalytic activity and stability, approaching the thermodynamic equilibrium conversion at 350 °C. The greater abundance in loosely bound oxygen species, oxygen vacancies and highly dispersed Cu+ species can be mainly accounted for its superior catalytic performance.


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