Hydrogen-Rich Syngas Production via Ethanol Dry Reforming over Rare-Earth Metal-Promoted Co-based Catalysts

Fayaz, Fahim; Bahari, Mahadi B.; Pham, Thong L. M.; Nguyen-Huy, Chinh; Setiabudi, Herma Dina; Abdullah, Bawadi; Vo, Dai-Viet N.

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Hydrogen-Rich Syngas Production via Ethanol Dry Reforming over Rare-Earth Metal-Promoted Co-based Catalysts

Fahim Fayaz⁴,
Mahadi B. Bahari⁴,
Thong L. M. Pham⁵,
Chinh Nguyen-Huy⁶,
Herma Dina Setiabudi⁴,
Bawadi Abdullah⁷ &
Dai-Viet N. Vo⁴

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This chapter is the synopsis of the recent investigation on hydrogen-rich syngas generation using ethanol dry reforming approach over rare-earth metal-supported cobalt catalysts. Ce- and La-promoted and unpromoted 10%Co/Al₂O₃ catalysts were synthesized by co-impregnation technique and were characterized using a wide range of methods, namely, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area, X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement, temperature-programmed oxidation (TPO), H₂ temperature-programmed reduction (H₂-TPR), NH₃ temperature-programmed desorption (NH₃-TPD) and Raman spectroscopy measurements. The influence of operating conditions including varying CO₂:C₂H₅OH ratios from 2.5:1 to 1:2.5 and reaction temperature range of 923–973 K was also investigated in this chapter. The addition of both CeO₂ and La₂O₃ promoters facilitated the H₂ reduction, enhanced the basic property of catalysts and improved active metal dispersion. Regardless of reaction temperature and reactant composition, La-promoted catalyst exhibited the highest C₂H₅OH and CO₂ conversions followed by Ce-promoted and unpromoted catalysts. The increment of CO₂ partial pressure from 20 to 50 kPa enhanced C₂H₅OH and CO₂ conversions by up to 20.0% and 27.4%, respectively. However, reactant conversions significantly declined with growing C₂H₅OH partial pressure from 20 to 50 kPa. La and Ce addition hindered carbon deposition on catalyst surface during ethanol dry reforming reaction, and the amount of carbon deposition declined from 51.49% to 30.06% with the addition of La.

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Ethanol dry reforming
Co-based catalysts
Syngas
Hydrogen
Rare-earth promoter

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The authors are grateful for the financial support from UMP Research Grant Scheme (RDU160323) for conducting this research. Fahim Fayaz is also thankful for the Graduate Research Scheme Award (GRS) from Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP).

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Fahim Fayaz, Mahadi B. Bahari, Herma Dina Setiabudi & Dai-Viet N. Vo
Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Quang Trung, Danang, Vietnam
Thong L. M. Pham
School of Energy & Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, South Korea
Chinh Nguyen-Huy
Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
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Fayaz, F. et al. (2018). Hydrogen-Rich Syngas Production via Ethanol Dry Reforming over Rare-Earth Metal-Promoted Co-based Catalysts. In: Sarangi, P., Nanda, S., Mohanty, P. (eds) Recent Advancements in Biofuels and Bioenergy Utilization. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1307-3_8

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