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HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM STEAM BUTANOL REFORMING OVER COBALT CATALYST SUPPORTED ON CERIA

Volume 6, Numéro 1, 2023, pp. 1-14
DOI: 10.1615/CatalGreenChemEng.2022041460
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RÉSUMÉ

Butanol, which is producible from biomass, can provide hydrogen (H2) renewably via the reforming route. Cobalt catalysts are good candidates for the reforming of bio-oxygenates. This work describes the performance of three cobalt-based catalysts for steam butanol reforming: Co/CeO2, Co/ZrO2, and Co/La-CeO2. In a fixed-bed reactor, H2 was produced from butanol/water mixtures (steam/carbon = 33.3 mol mol-1) at temperatures between 350 °C and 500°C. Catalyst Co/CeO2 performed better than the other two catalysts: butanol conversion was as high as 91.3% at T = 500°C and W/F0 = 16.7 g h mol-1 (W = mass of catalyst, F0 = molar flow of butanol in the feed), and H2 yield was 0.68 mol mol-1. When simulated biobutanol was used as feed, H2 selectivity over Co/CeO2 was 70.8%. These encouraging results contributed to the development of improved butanol reforming catalysts.

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  • SEM images of fresh catalysts: (a) and (b) Co/CeO2 catalyst, (c) and (d) Co/ ZrO2 catalyst, (e) and (f) Co/La-CeO2
  • XRD pattern of unused catalysts: (a) Co/CeO2; (b) Co/ZrO2; and (c) Co/La-CeO2
  • Reforming activity of various catalysts in terms of (a) butanol conversion and (b) H2 yield (W/F0 = 16.7 g h mol–1, S/C ratio = 33.3 mol mol–1, P = 0.1 MPa)
  • Butanol conversion and H2 yield over Co/CeO2 as a function of W/F0 (T = 500°C, S/C = 33.3 mol mol–1, P = 0.1 MPa)
  • Catalyst stability test of Co/CeO2 for 20 h (T = 500°C, W/F0 = 16.7 g h mol–1, S/C ratio = 33.3 mol mol–1, P = 0.1 MPa)
  • TG-DSC plot for spent Co/CeO2 catalyst
  • Dependence of conversions of oxygenates in biobutanol and H2 yield on temperature (S/C ratio = 19.1 mol mol–1, feed flow rate = 0.25 cm3 min–1, catalyst mass = 0.1 g and P = 0.1 MPa)
  • Product composition vs. time plots for reforming simulated biobutanol (S/C = 19.1 mol mol–1, feed flow rate = 0.25 cm3 min–1, W = 0.1 g, P = 0.1 MPa)
MOTS CLÉS: butanol, cobalt, hydrogen, reforming
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