scholarly journals Hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol using Cu-based catalyst supported on oxide pellets

2021 ◽  
Vol 1195 (1) ◽  
pp. 012009
Author(s):  
N H Berahim ◽  
A Abu Seman ◽  
N H Yasin ◽  
N S Abd Halim ◽  
N A Mohd Zabidi

Abstract Hydrogenation of CO2 into methanol is one of the most economical process to reduce CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. Since methanol is an industrial commodity used in chemical products as well as transportation fuel, this process has gained considerable interest, which enables the effective utilization of CO2. Nevertheless, the efficiency of direct CO2 hydrogenation to produce methanol is strongly reliant on the activity of the catalyst. In this regard, the present work highlights the synthesis of methanol, catalytic evaluation and characterization of catalysts Cu/ZnO supported on Al2O3 and SBA-15 pellets with the addition of group IV, V and VII metal oxides mixture as promoters. The catalysts were systematically prepared via impregnation technique with fixed Cu:Zn and promoter ratio from group VII:V:IV. The synthesized catalysts were characterized by H2-temperature-programmed reduction (H2-TPR), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), N2 adsorption-desorption and N2O pulse chemisorption method. The crushing strength of the pellets were also tested. Catalytic performances were evaluated for methanol synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation in a tubular, stainless steel fixed-bed reactor at 250 °C, 2 MPa, gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) 4000 ml/g.h and H2/CO2 ratio of 3:1. The tri-promoted Cu/ZnO supported on Al2O3 pellet resulted in CO2 conversion of 13.3 % compared to 11.61 % from that of SBA-15-supported catalyst. However, the catalyst supported on SBA-15 pellet exhibited 54.59% methanol selectivity, whereas Al2O3-supported catalyst only resulted in 46.73 % methanol selectivity.

Author(s):  
Pavan Kumar Gupta ◽  
Abhishek Mahato ◽  
Goutam Kishore Gupta ◽  
Gajanan Sahu ◽  
Sudip Maity

The present study focuses on the catalytic conversion of syngas (CO + H2) through Fischer–Tropsch (FT) route using two identically prepared 0.1 wt.% palladium promoted Mesoporous Alumina (MA) and SBA–15 supported Co (15 wt.%) catalysts. The Fischer–Tropsch activity is performed in a fixed bed tubular reactor at temperature 220 °C and pressure 30 bar with H2/CO ratio ~2 having Gas Hourly Space Velocity (GHSV) of 500 h−1. Detail characterizations of the catalysts are carried out using different analytical techniques like N2 adsorption-desorption, Temperature-programmed reduction with hydrogen (H2-TPR), Temperature-programmed desorption with NH3 (NH3-TPD), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The results show that the SBA–15 supported catalyst exhibits higher C6–C12 selectivity (57.5%), and MA supported catalyst facilitates the formation of higher hydrocarbons (C13–C20) having a selectivity of 46.7%. This study attributes the use of both the support materials for the production of liquid hydrocarbons through FT synthesis.


2013 ◽  
Vol 864-867 ◽  
pp. 366-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Yan Xia ◽  
Zhi Xiang Xia ◽  
Wei Tang ◽  
Hong Yan Wang ◽  
Meng Xiang Fang

MCM-41 supported nickel phosphide (Ni2P/MCM-41) was prepared by temperature-programmed reduction of the corresponding phosphate. The catalyst activity for hydrodeoxygenation (HDO), hydrodearomatization (HDA), hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) and hydrodesulfurization (HDS) was investigated in a fixed bed reactor. O-cresol HDO, 1-methylnaphthalene HDA, quinoline HDN, dibenzothiophene HDS and simultaneous HDO, HDA, HDN, HDS were respectively tested at different temperatures with constant pressure (6.0 MPa), liquid hourly space velocity (3.0 h-1), hydrogen-to-oil volume ratio (600:1). The results indicate that Ni2P /MCM-41 catalyst has great performance on HDO, HDA, HDN, HDS in single model compound reactions. O-cresol and DBT are almost completely transformed at 375°C, while 1-methylnaphthalene and quinoline reach the highest conversion at 300°C. In the simultaneous reactions, quinoline shows higher conversion by competitive adsorption on the catalyst hydrogenation sites, leading to conversion decrease of o-cresol, 1-methylnaphthalene and DBT.


Author(s):  
Lida Rahmanzadeh ◽  
Majid Taghizadeh

Abstract Mesoporous MCM-41 containing different amounts of nickel (10, 15 and 20 wt%) and Ce and/or La promoters were prepared by hydrothermal and wet-impregnation methods. The catalysts were characterized by means of temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), N2 adsorption-desorption, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric (TGA) analyses. Then, the catalysts were tested for hydrogen production via steam reforming of ethanol in a fixed bed reactor. Hydrogen selectivity and ethanol conversion over Ni/MCM-41 catalyst were 69.6 % and 94 %, respectively. The best catalytic results were obtained with Ce-Ni/MCM-41 catalyst, i. e. 94 % ethanol conversion and 76.5 % hydrogen selectivity. These results remained constant about 90 h time on stream and ethanol conversion decreased to 87 % after 120 h.


Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 553
Author(s):  
Mansurbek Urol ugli Abdullaev ◽  
Sungjune Lee ◽  
Tae-Wan Kim ◽  
Chul-Ung Kim

Among the zeolitic catalysts for the ethylene-to-propylene (ETP) reaction, the SSZ-13 zeolite shows the highest catalytic activity based on both its suitable pore architecture and tunable acidity. In this study, in order to improve the propylene selectivity further, the surface of the SSZ-13 zeolite was modified with various amounts of tungsten oxide ranging from 1 wt% to 15 wt% via a simple incipient wetness impregnation method. The prepared catalysts were characterized with several analysis techniques, specifically, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Raman spectroscopy, temperature-programmed reduction of hydrogen (H2-TPR), temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia (NH3-TPD), inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES), and N2 sorption, and their catalytic activities were investigated in a fixed-bed reactor system. The tungsten oxide-modified SSZ-13 catalysts demonstrated significantly improved propylene selectivity and yield compared to the parent H-SSZ-13 catalyst. For the tungsten oxide loading, 10 wt% loading showed the highest propylene yield of 64.9 wt%, which was 6.5 wt% higher than the pristine H-SSZ-13 catalyst. This can be related to not only the milder and decreased strong acid sites but also the diffusion restriction of bulky byproducts, as supported by scanning transmission electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (STEM-EDS) observation.


Author(s):  
Fahim Fayaz ◽  
Ahmad Ziad Sulaiman ◽  
Sharanjit Singh ◽  
Sweeta Akbari

The effect of CO2 partial pressure on ethanol dry reforming was evaluated over 5%Ce-10%Co/Al2O3 catalyst at = PCO2 = 20-50 kPa, PC2H5OH = 20 kPa, reaction temperature of 973 K under atmospheric pressure. The catalyst was prepared by using impregnation method and tested in a fixed-bed reactor. X-ray diffraction measurements studied the formation of Co3O4, spinel CoAl2O4 and CeO2, phases on surface of 5%Ce-10%Co/Al2O3 catalyst. CeO2, CoO and Co3O4 oxides were obtained during temperature–programmed calcination. Ce-promoted 10%Co/Al2O3 catalyst possessed high BET surface area of 137.35 m2 g-1. C2H5OH and CO2 conversions was improved with increasing CO2 partial pressure from 20-50 kPa whilst the optimal selectivity of H2 and CO was achieved at 50 kPa.


2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (72) ◽  
pp. 13776-13778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Chen ◽  
Yuanyuan Cui ◽  
Chao Wen ◽  
Bin Wang ◽  
Wei-Lin Dai

Continuous fixed-bed catalytic hydrogenation of ethylene carbonate (EC) to methanol and ethylene glycol (EG), an emerging synthetic process of methanol via indirect conversion of CO2, was successfully performed over Cu/HMS catalysts prepared by the ammonia evaporation (AE) method.


2013 ◽  
Vol 690-693 ◽  
pp. 1529-1534
Author(s):  
Wen Gui Gao ◽  
Hua Wang ◽  
Wen Yan Liu ◽  
Feng Jie Zhang

A series of CuO-ZnO-Al2O3catalysts modified by different promoter were prepared by co-precipitation or incipient wet impregnation and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2physisorption, hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction (H2-TPR) and carbon dioxide temperature-programmed desorption (CO2-TPD). The modified catalysts were tested for methanol synthesis from CO/CO2co-hydrogenation in a fixed bed reactor with feed containing CO, CO2and H2(CO:CO2:H2=1.0:1.08:6.24, volume radio). It is revealed that the catalysts modified by Zr, Mg, Ca has higher activity of methanol synthesis by CO and CO2co-hydrogenation. Especially, the addition of Zr enhances the conversion of total carbon and the selectivity of methanol, which is due to the improved surface area, much more active sites, and the synergistically interaction between CuO and ZnO caused by the addition of Zr promoter.


2013 ◽  
Vol 781-784 ◽  
pp. 308-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Li ◽  
Wei Su ◽  
Qi Bin Xia ◽  
Zhi Meng Liu

Manganese and cerium based catalysts with different Mn/Ce molar ratios prepared by impregnation method for ethyl acetate oxidation. The activity tests of the samples were performed in a fixed-bed reactor. The effect of gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) and ethyl acetate concentration on the catalytic activity of the catalyst were also investigated. The results showed that these catalysts had high activity for the catalytic oxidation of ethyl acetate, of which the catalyst Mn0.9Ce0.1Ox/TiO2exhibitedthe bestactivity, and the temperature required for 90% conversion of ethyl acetate was at 216 °C. The catalyst Mn0.9Ce0.1Ox/TiO2still maintained high activity in the range of GHSV (16,500 to 48,500 h-1) and ethyl acetate concentration (4526 to 7092 mg/m3). In additional, experiments for measuring stability of Mn0.9Ce0.1Ox/TiO2were carried out, and experimental results showed that the good stability of Mn0.9Ce0.1Ox/TiO2was kept after it has run for 25 hours.


2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (03) ◽  
pp. 343-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUZHOU YING ◽  
KANKA FENG ◽  
ZHIGUO LV ◽  
ZHENMEI GUO ◽  
JINSHENG GAO

Nano copper-based catalysts were prepared by co-precipitation method and the performance of catalytic hydrogenation for methyl 3-hydroxypropionate (MHP) to 1, 3-propanediol (1, 3-PDO) on the nano catalysts were studied under a high-pressure microcontinuum fixed-bed reactor. The effects of structure, texture, and composition of the catalysts on the catalytic performance were investigated by characterizing the catalysts with XRD, TG–DTG, SEM, and N 2 adsorption/desorption analysis technique. The results showed that addition of promoters enhanced the activity and selectivity of copper-based catalysts, which promoted the dispersion of the active components effectively and stabilized the active center of the catalysts. Especially, the copper-based catalyst of loaded P could restrain side-reaction effectively and improve selectivity obviously, the conversion of MHP and the selectivity of 1, 3-PDO could be 91.30% and reach 90.15%, respectively.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Faris A. Jassim Al-Doghachi ◽  
Diyar M. A. Murad ◽  
Huda S. Al-Niaeem ◽  
Salam H. H. Al-Jaberi ◽  
Surahim Mohamad ◽  
...  

Co/Mg1−XCe3+XO (x = 0, 0.03, 0.07, 0.15; 1 wt% cobalt each) catalysts for the dry reforming of methane (DRM) reaction were prepared using the co-precipitation method with K2CO3 as precipitant. Characterization of the catalysts was achieved by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), temperature programmed reduction (H2-TPR), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The role of several reactant and catalyst concentrations, and reaction temperatures (700–900 °C) on the catalytic performance of the DRM reaction was measured in a tubular fixed-bed reactor under atmospheric pressure at various CH4/CO2 concentration ratios (1:1 to 2:1). Using X-ray diffraction, a surface area of 19.2 m2.g−1 was exhibited by the Co/Mg0.85Ce3+0.15O catalyst and MgO phase (average crystallite size of 61.4 nm) was detected on the surface of the catalyst. H2 temperature programmed reaction revealed a reduction of CoO particles to metallic Co0 phase. The catalytic stability of the Co/Mg0.85Ce3+0.15O catalyst was achieved for 200 h on-stream at 900 °C for the 1:1 CH4:CO2 ratio with an H2/CO ratio of 1.0 and a CH4, CO2 conversions of 75% and 86%, respectively. In the present study, the conversion of CH4 was improved (75%–84%) when conducting the experiment at a lower flow of oxygen (1.25%). Finally, the deposition of carbon on the spent catalysts was analyzed using TEM and Temperature programmed oxidation-mass spectroscopy (TPO-MS) following 200 h under an oxygen stream. Better anti-coking activity of the reduced catalyst was observed by both, TEM, and TPO-MS analysis. Copyright © 2021 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA   License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). 


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