Hydrogen Production via Glycerol Dry Reforming Over La-NiAl2O3 Catalyst

Kah, Weng Siew and Hua, Chyn Lee and Jolius, Gimbun and Cheng, C. K. (2013) Hydrogen Production via Glycerol Dry Reforming Over La-NiAl2O3 Catalyst. Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 8 (2). pp. 160-166. ISSN 1978-2993. (Published)

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Abstract

Glycerol (a bio-waste generated from biodiesel production) has been touted as a promising bio-syngas pre-cursor via reforming route. Previous studies have indicated that carbon deposition is the major perform-ance-limiting factor for nickel (Ni) catalyst during glycerol steam reforming. In the current paper, dry (CO2)-reforming of glycerol, a new reforming route was carried out over alumina (Al2O3)-supported non-promoted and lanthanum-promoted Ni catalysts. Both sets of catalysts were synthesized via wet co-impregnation procedure. The physicochemical characterization of the catalyst showed that the promoted catalyst possessed smaller metal crystallite size, hence higher metal dispersion compared to the virgin Ni/Al2O3 catalyst. This was also corroborated by the surface images captured by the FESEM analysis. In addition, BET surface area measurement gave 92.05m²/g for non-promoted Ni catalyst whilst promoted catalysts showed an average of 1 to 6% improvement depending on the La loading. Reaction studies at 873 K showed that glycerol dry reforming successfully produced H2 with glycerol conversion and H2 yield that peaked at 9.7% and 25% respectively over 2wt% La content. The optimum catalytic performance by 2%La-Ni/Al2O3 can be attributed to the larger BET surface area and smaller crystallite size that ensured accessi-bility of active catalytic area

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Biofuel; Dry reforming; Gycerol; Hydrogen
Subjects: T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering
Depositing User: Mrs. Neng Sury Sulaiman
Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2014 08:45
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2018 02:46
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6466
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