Hydrogen production by iso-octane steam reforming over Cu catalysts supported on rare earth oxides (REOs)
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy(2014)
摘要
The present work aims to investigate the steam reforming (SR) of liquid hydrocarbons toward hydrogen production, employing iso-octane as gasoline surrogate, over Cu catalysts supported on rare earth oxides (REOs). An extensive characterization study, involving X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), is undertaken to correlate the structural, morphological and surface properties of catalysts with their reforming performance. Several parameters related to the effect of operation temperature (600–800 °C), steam/carbon ratio (1–3) and Cu loading (0–25 wt%) on the catalytic performance are investigated. The results reveal that the best performance is obtained over the Cu/CeO2 catalysts at a steam/carbon ratio of 3; H2 yields as high as ∼55% are obtained at the expense of CH4 and higher hydrocarbons. Concerning the influence of oxide carries on reforming efficiency the following order, in terms of H2 yield, is recorded: CeO2 ≫ Nd2O3 > Gd2O3 > Sm2O3 ≈ Pr6O11 ≈ La2O3. However, a notable deterioration of Cu/CeO2 catalyst is observed in long term stability tests, ascribed to carbon deposition and catalyst sintering.
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Iso-octane steam reforming,Rare earth oxides (REOs),Cu/REOs catalysts
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