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Methanation of CO2 from flue gas: experimental study on the impact of pollutants

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The current work determines the maximum concentrations of pollutants that interfere significantly in the process, mainly in the catalyst. With this, the study tested the impact of oxygen, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen monoxide on NiO/SiO2 commercial catalyst more used in this process. Besides this, from reactions with and without contaminants, the catalyst was characterized through TGA, FESEM and TEM in order to evaluate the impact of each element on its morphology. Experiments with the presence of the oxygen showed that the O2 consumes the hydrogen and produces more water, reducing the CO2 conversion and CH4 formation. Sulfur showed a significant impact at the reducing of its activity catalyst in concentrations above 5 ppm. Nitrogen monoxide, which is a major component of NOx showed to be little harmful to the catalyst, changing the reaction stability at the CO2 conversion. Both NO and SO2 changed the catalyst morphology and ripped apart the nickel particles from the support, decreasing the catalyst activity over time.

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The authors would like to thank the National Research Council (CNPq) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) for technical support, and the Central Laboratory of Microscopy and Microanalysis (LabCEMM/PUCRS) for the morphological analyses.

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de Araujo, G.E., de Castro, J.H., Monteiro, W.F. et al. Methanation of CO2 from flue gas: experimental study on the impact of pollutants. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 134, 743–757 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-021-02092-8

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