RESEARCH ARTICLE
Methanol steam reforming over Cu supported on SiO2, amorphous SiO2-Al2O3, and Al2O3 catalysts: Influence of support nature
Masoumeh Khanchi,
Seyed Mohammad Ali Mousavian,
Saeed Soltanali,
Masoumeh Khanchi
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Seyed Mohammad Ali Mousavian
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Seyed Mohammad Ali Mousavian, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Saeed Soltanali, Catalysis Technologies Development Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, Iran.
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Saeed Soltanali
Catalysis Technologies Development Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, Iran
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Seyed Mohammad Ali Mousavian, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Email: [email protected]
Saeed Soltanali, Catalysis Technologies Development Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, Iran.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorMasoumeh Khanchi,
Seyed Mohammad Ali Mousavian,
Saeed Soltanali,
Masoumeh Khanchi
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Seyed Mohammad Ali Mousavian
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence
Seyed Mohammad Ali Mousavian, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Email: [email protected]
Saeed Soltanali, Catalysis Technologies Development Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, Iran.
Email: [email protected]
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Saeed Soltanali
Catalysis Technologies Development Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, Iran
Correspondence
Seyed Mohammad Ali Mousavian, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Email: [email protected]
Saeed Soltanali, Catalysis Technologies Development Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, Iran.
Email: [email protected]
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SiO2-, Al2O3-, and SiO2-Al2O3-based catalysts containing different Si/Al ratios have been prepared to study the effect of the support nature on the methanol steam reforming process catalyst. Methanol steam reforming reaction was carried out using each of the catalysts in the temperature range of 150°C to 300°C, weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 1.8 h−1, and atmospheric conditions in a quartz reactor. The properties of the synthesized catalysts were determined by the X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), H2-temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) techniques. SiO2-Al2O3-based catalysts showed better performance (yield @300°C: 87.2% (Si/Al = 0.01); 82.4% (Si/Al = 0.05); 76.6% (Si/Al = 0. 1); 69.1% (Si/Al = 0.2)) compared to SiO2 (59.3%)- and Al2O3 (49.5%)-based catalysts. In addition, the γ-Al2O3-based catalyst produced a relatively large amount of CO (6.8% @ 150°C and 9.9% @300°C), whereas those supported on amorphous SiO2-Al2O3 yielded much less CO. In SiO2-Al2O3-based catalysts, increasing Si/Al ratio decreased the catalyst reductivity. In addition, the SiO2-Al2O3-based catalyst with the least Si/Al ratio, which had maximum reductivity and minimum number of total acid sites, performed much better than other SiO2-Al2O3-based catalysts (yield: 28.3% @ 150°C and 87.2% @300°C).
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