Investigation of Co–Fe–Al Catalysts for High-Calorific Synthetic Natural Gas Production: Pilot-Scale Synthesis of Catalysts
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
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Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California–Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Research Institute of Advanced Energy Technology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
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Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal 609609, India
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Catalysts 2021, 11(1), 105; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11010105
Received: 4 December 2020 / Revised: 9 January 2021 / Accepted: 10 January 2021 / Published: 13 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Iron in Catalysis)
Co–Fe–Al catalysts prepared using coprecipitation at laboratory scale were investigated and extended to pilot scale for high-calorific synthetic natural gas. The Co–Fe–Al catalysts with different metal loadings were analyzed using BET, XRD, H2-TPR, and FT-IR. An increase in the metal loading of the Co–Fe–Al catalysts showed low spinel phase ratio, leading to an improvement in reducibility. Among the catalysts, 40CFAl catalyst prepared at laboratory scale afforded the highest C2–C4 hydrocarbon time yield, and this catalyst was successfully reproduced at the pilot scale. The pelletized catalyst prepared at pilot scale showed high CO conversion (87.6%), high light hydrocarbon selectivity (CH4 59.3% and C2–C4 18.8%), and low byproduct amounts (C5+: 4.1% and CO2: 17.8%) under optimum conditions (space velocity: 4000 mL/g/h, 350 °C, and 20 bar).
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Keywords:
high-calorific synthetic natural gas (HC-SNG); cobalt–iron–alumina; coprecipitation; loading amount; pilot-scale synthesis
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Kim, T.Y.; Jo, S.B.; Woo, J.H.; Lee, J.H.; Dhanusuraman, R.; Lee, S.C.; Kim, J.C. Investigation of Co–Fe–Al Catalysts for High-Calorific Synthetic Natural Gas Production: Pilot-Scale Synthesis of Catalysts. Catalysts 2021, 11, 105.
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Kim TY, Jo SB, Woo JH, Lee JH, Dhanusuraman R, Lee SC, Kim JC. Investigation of Co–Fe–Al Catalysts for High-Calorific Synthetic Natural Gas Production: Pilot-Scale Synthesis of Catalysts. Catalysts. 2021; 11(1):105.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Tae Y.; Jo, Seong B.; Woo, Jin H.; Lee, Jong H.; Dhanusuraman, Ragupathy; Lee, Soo C.; Kim, Jae C. 2021. "Investigation of Co–Fe–Al Catalysts for High-Calorific Synthetic Natural Gas Production: Pilot-Scale Synthesis of Catalysts" Catalysts 11, no. 1: 105.
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