Low-temperature methanol steam reforming kinetics over a novel CuZrDyAl catalyst

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2015

Authors

Hugo Silva (Author) FEUP; Cecilia Mateos-Pedrero (Author) FEUP; Paulo Ribeirinha (Author) FEUP; Marta Boaventura (Author) FEUP; Adélio Mendes (Author) FEUP

Journal

The Journal is awaiting validation by the Administrative Services.

Title: Reac Kinet Mech Cat - Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis

Vol. 115 No. 1

Pages: 321-339

ISSN: 1878-5190

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Chemical engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Chemical engineering

Associated Projects

LEPABE - Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia

BeingEnergy - Integrated low temperature methanol steam reforming and high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00G-1XR

DOI: 10.1007/s11144-015-0846-z

Abstract (EN): A kinetic study within the low-temperature methanol steam reforming (MSR) reaction was performed over a novel CuZrDyAl catalyst. The physicochemical and catalytic properties of the CuZrDyAl catalyst were compared with those of a conventional CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 (G66 MR, Su¨d-Chemie) sample. The inhouse catalyst displays better performance than the reference G66 MR sample in terms of methanol conversion and selectivity. The parameters of a simple powerlaw equation and two mechanistic kinetic models were determined minimizing the residual sum of squares; the best fitting with the experimental data were obtained when using Model 3, based on the reported work from Peppley et al. (Appl Catal A 179:31–49, 1999) for the commercial CuO/ZnO/Al2O3. Noteworthy is the small number of MSR kinetic studies at 170–200 C temperature range.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: Publicação abrangida pelo Journal Citation Reports 2015

No. of pages: 19