Sustainable Production of Hydrogen by Steam Reforming of Ethanol Using Cobalt Supported on Nanoporous Zeolitic Material
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of Catalysts
2.2. Characterization Techniques
2.3. Catalytic Study
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization
3.2. Catalytic Activity
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Catalyst | Si/Al | Na (wt. %) | BET Area (m2/g) | Mesopore Volume (cm3/g) | Micropore Volume (cm3/g) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y | 2.4 | 0.21 | 629 | 0.034 | 0.292 |
Y-mod | 3.9 | 0.11 | 544 | 0.110 | 0.244 |
Co/Y | 2.3 | 0.15 | 499 | 0.036 | 0.241 |
Co/Y-mod | 3.8 | 0.06 | 409 | 0.080 | 0.180 |
Co/Y-Na | 2.4 | 3.13 | 406 | 0.020 | 0.190 |
Co/Y-mod-Na | 3.9 | 4.21 | 371 | 0.037 | 0.146 |
Catalyst | Co (wt. %) | Co0, XRD (nm) | Co0 Dispersion (%) a | Reducibility % (873 K) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co/Y | 19.1 | 29 | 3.3 | 95.4 |
Co/Y-mod | 19.0 | 14 | 6.9 | 88.3 |
Co/Y-Na | 19.3 | 28 | 3.4 | 94.2 |
Co/Y-mod-Na | 18.7 | 13 | 7.4 | 89.1 |
Catalyst | B (mmol py) | L (mmol py) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
523 (K) | 623 (K) | 673 (K) | 523 (K) | 623 (K) | 673 (K) | |
Y | 0.254 | 0.127 | 0.076 | 0.034 | 0.023 | 0.023 |
Y-mod | 0.235 | 0.127 | 0.029 | 0.070 | 0.061 | 0.018 |
Co/Y | 0.010 | 0.005 | 0.004 | 0.777 | 0.312 | 0.140 |
Co/Y-mod | 0.103 | 0.025 | 0.019 | 0.861 | 0.385 | 0.249 |
Co/Y-Na | - | - | - | 0.532 | 0.276 | 0.127 |
Co/Y-mod-Na | - | - | - | 0.671 | 0.302 | 0.177 |
Catalyst | T (K) | Ethanol Conv. % mol | Selectivity % mol | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CH4 | CO | CO2 | H2 | C2H4 | C2H4O | |||
Co-Y | 673 | 98.5 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 17.5 | 71.6 | 0.7 |
773 | 99.8 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 21.4 | 39.0 | 32.7 | 1.7 | |
873 | 99.9 | 3.4 | 11.2 | 22.2 | 43.5 | 18.7 | 1.0 | |
Co-Y mod | 673 | 99.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 95.8 | 3.6 |
773 | 100 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 13.9 | 78.7 | 4.6 | |
873 | 99.8 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 25.7 | 59.6 | 4.9 | |
Co-Y Na | 673 | 94.7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 14.2 | 68.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
773 | 95.9 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 18.1 | 70.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | |
873 | 99.9 | 4.6 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 69.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | |
Co-Y mod Na | 673 | 99.8 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 15.2 | 73.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
773 | 99.9 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 20.3 | 74.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
873 | 99.9 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 19.5 | 74.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Catalyst | Carbon (wt. %) |
---|---|
Co/Y | 31.3 |
Co/Y-mod | 34.7 |
Co/Y-Na | 24.8 |
Co/Y-mod-Na | 19.1 |
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da Costa-Serra, J.F.; Navarro, M.T.; Rey, F.; Chica, A. Sustainable Production of Hydrogen by Steam Reforming of Ethanol Using Cobalt Supported on Nanoporous Zeolitic Material. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 1934. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10101934
da Costa-Serra JF, Navarro MT, Rey F, Chica A. Sustainable Production of Hydrogen by Steam Reforming of Ethanol Using Cobalt Supported on Nanoporous Zeolitic Material. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(10):1934. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10101934
Chicago/Turabian Styleda Costa-Serra, Javier Francisco, Maria Teresa Navarro, Fernando Rey, and Antonio Chica. 2020. "Sustainable Production of Hydrogen by Steam Reforming of Ethanol Using Cobalt Supported on Nanoporous Zeolitic Material" Nanomaterials 10, no. 10: 1934. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10101934