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LPG has good infrastructure and is anticipated to be used for production of hydrogen, and n-butane which constitutes a main component of LPG for vehicles. Partial oxidation (POX) of n-butane is investigated in this research by employing ceria-promoted Ni/calcium hydroxyapatite catalysts (Ce x Ni2.5/Ca10(OH)2(PO4)6 x=0.1–0.3) which have recently been reported to exhibit good catalytic performance in POX of methane and propane. The experiments were carried out with changing ceria content, O2/n-C4H10 ratio and reaction temperature. As the O2/n-C4H10 ratio increased up to 2.75, the n-C4H10 conversion and H2 yield increased and the selectivity of methane and other hydrocarbons decreased. But with O2/n-C4H10=3.0, the n-C4H10 conversion and H2 yield decreased. Ce0.1Ni2.5/Ca10(OH)2(PO4)6 showed the highest n-C4H10 conversion and H2 yield on the whole. In durability tests, higher hydrogen yield and better catalyst stability were obtained with the O2/n-C4H10 ratio of 2.75 than with the ratio of 2.5.
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Kwak, J.H., Lee, S.Y., Nam, SW. et al. Partial oxidation of n-butane over ceria-promoted nickel/calcium hydroxyapatite. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 25, 1309–1315 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-008-0214-z
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