New process of low-temperature methanol synthesis from CO/CO_2/H_2 based on dual-catalysis

A new process of low-temperature methanol synthesis from CO/CO2/H2 based on dual-catalysis has been developed. Some alcohols, especially 2-alcohol, were found to have high catalytic promoting effect on the synthesis of methanol from CO hydrogenation. At 443 K and 5 MPa, the synthesis of methanol could process high effectively, resulting from the synergic catalysis of Cu/ZnO solid catalyst and 2-alcohol solvent catalyst. The primary results showed that when 2-butanol was used as reaction solvent, the one-pass average yield and the selectivity of methanol, in 40 h continuous reaction at temperature as low as 443 K and 5 MPa, were high up to 46.51% and 98.94% respectively. The catalytic activity was stable and the reaction temperature was 80 K or so lower than that in current industry synthesis process. This new process hopefully will become a practical method for methanol synthesis at low temperature.     

Intrinsic Kinetics of Dimethyl Ether Synthesis from Syngas

The intrinsic kinetics of dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis from syngas over a methanol synthesis catalyst mixed with methanol dehydration catalyst has been investigated in a tubular integral reactor at 3-7MPa and 220-260℃. The three reactions including methanol synthesis from CO and H2, CO2 and H2, and methanol dehydration were chosen as the independent reactions. The L-H kinetic model was presented for dimethyl ether synthesis and the parameters of the model were obtained by using simplex method combined with genetic algorithm. The model is reliable according to statistical analysis and residual error analysis. The synergy effect of the reactions over the bifunctional catalyst was compared with the effect for methanol synthesis catalyst under the same conditions based on the model. The effects of syngas containing N2 on the reactions were also simulated.     

Simultaneous removal of ethanol, acetaldehyde and nitrogen oxides over V-Pd/γ-Al_2O_3-TiO_2 catalyst

V-Pd/γ-Al2O3-TiO2 catalysts with different vanadium contents were prepared by a combined sol-gel and impregnation method. X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption-desorption (BET), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and catalytic removal of ethanol, acetaldehyde and nitrogen oxides at low temperature (<300 ?C) were used to assess the properties of the catalysts. The results showed that the sample with 1wt% vanadium exhibited an excellent catalytic performance for simultaneous removal of ethanol, acetaldehyde and nitrogen oxides. The conversions of ethanol, acetaldehyde and nitrogen oxides at 250 ?C were 100%, 74.4% and 98.7%, respectively. V-Pd/γ-Al2O3-TiO2 catalyst with 1 wt% vanadium showed the largest surface area and higher dispersion of vanadium oxide on the catalyst surface, and possessed a larger mole fraction of V4+ species and unique PdO species on the surface, which can be attributed to the strong synergistic effect among palladium, vanadium and the carriers. The higher activity of V-Pd/γ-Al2O3-TiO2 catalyst is related to the V4+ and Pd2+ species on the surface, which might be favorable for the formation of active sites.     

CeO2-ZrO2复合氧化物的制备及协同抛光性能

Sub-micrometer ultra fine CeO₂-ZrO₂ mixed oxides have been prepared by milling solid cerium carbonate and zirconium oxy-chloride with ammonia and followed by filtering, drying and calcining procedures. The effects of Ce/Zr molar ratio, milling time and calcining temperature on the phase composition, particle size and morphology, surface charge, as well as the polishing property were investigated. The results show that the mixed oxide calcined at 1 000 ℃ is composed of cubic ceria doped with zirconium and tetragonal zirconia doped with cerium, and the phase composition varies with calcination temperature and the Ce/Zr molar ratio. The monoclinic zirconia is observed when decreasing calcination temperature and shortening milling time, demonstrating that milling and calcining can force the phase transformation from monoclinic zirconia to cerium stabilized tetragonal zirconia and zirconium doped cubic ceria solid solutions. The removal rate for the optical glass polishing varies with Ce/Zr molar ratio. A synergetic polishing effect is found when Ce/Zr molar ratio below 4, and the optimal Ce/Zr molar ratio is 1∶1. At the same time, the cubic ceria content, density, particle size and surface charge all increase when calcination temperature increasing from 800 ℃ to 1 100 ℃. However, the particle morphology changes from disperse quasi-sphere to irregular aggregation and the maximal removal rate for optical glass polishing lies at 1 000 ℃.These facts show that the polishing property of the synthesized ceria-zirconia mixed oxide is affected by the particle physical characteristics comprehensively.     

Enhanced catalytic performance for direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from syngas over a La2O3 modified Cu-ZrO2/γ-Al2O3 hybrid catalyst

A series of hybrid catalysts were made by physically mixing Cu-ZrO 2 and γ-Al 2 O 3,for former it was modified with different loadings of La 2 O 3 prepared by co-precipitation method.The catalysts were characterized by BET,XRD,N 2 O-adsorption,EXAFS,H 2-TPR,NH 3-TPD techniques and evaluated in the synthesis of dimethyl ether from syngas.The results show that La 2 O 3 promoted catalysts displayed a significantly better catalytic performance compared with Cu-ZrO 2 /γ-Al 2 O 3 catalyst in CO conversion and DME selectivity,and the optimum catalytic activity was obtained when the content of La 2 O 3 was 12 wt%.The characterizations reveal that high copper dispersion,facile reducibility of copper particles and appropriate amount of acidic sites are responsible for the superior catalytic performance.     

Vapor phase synthesis of N-butylaniline over copper-based catalysts

Cu-based catalysts, such as Cu/SiO2, Cu/γ-Al2O3 and Cu/SiO2-Al2O3, for the vapor phase synthesis of N-butylaniline from aniline and 1-butanol were investigated and the catalysts were characterized by BET, H2-TPR, XRD and NH3-TPD techniques. The results indicated that the dispersion of copper on support was greatly influenced by the interaction between Cu and the support. Copper-based catalyst with larger amounts of acidic sites did not favor the synthesis of N-butylaniline because more by-products were prod...     

New Rh—ZnO／Carbon Nanotubes Catalyst for Methanol Synthesis

A new catalyst for methanol synthesis,ZnO-promoted rhodium supported on carbon nanotubes,was developed.It was found that the Rh-ZnO/CNTs catalyst had high activity of 411.4mg CH3OH/g/cat/h and selectivity of 96.7% for methanol at 1 MPa and 523 K.The activity of this catalyst is much higher than that of NC 207 catalyst at the same reaction conditions.It was suggested that the multi-walled strueture CNTs favored both the couple transfer of the proton and clectron over the surface of the catalyst and the uptake of hydrogen which was favorable to methanol synthesis.     

Carbon nanotubes decorated α-Al2O3 containing cobalt nanoparticles for Fischer-Tropsch reaction

A new hierarchical composite consisted of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) layer anchored on macroscopic α-Al2O3 host matrix was synthesized and used as support for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS). The composite constituted by a thin shell of a homogeneous, highly entangled and structure-opened carbon nanotubes network and it exhibited a relatively high and fully accessible specific surface area of 76 m 2 g-1 , compared with that of 5 m 2 g-1 of the original α-Al2O3 support. The metal-support interaction between carbon nanotubes surface and cobalt precursor and high effective surface area led to a relatively high dispersion of cobalt nanoparticles. This hierarchically supported cobalt catalyst exhibited a high FTS activity along with an extremely high selectivity towards liquid hydrocarbons compared with the cobalt-based catalyst supported on pristine α-Al2O3 or on CNTs carriers. This improvement can attribute to the high accessibility of composite surface area comparing with the macroscopic host structure alone or to the bulk CNTs where the nanoscopic dimension induced a dense packing with low mass transfer which favoured the problem of reactants competitive diffusion towards the cobalt active site. In addition, intrinsic thermal conductivity of decorated CNTs could help the heat dissipating throughout the catalyst body, thus avoiding the formation of local hot spots which appeared in high CO conversion under pure syngas feed in FTS reaction. Cobalt supported on CNTs decorated α-Al2O3 catalyst also exhibited satisfied high stability during more than 200 h on stream under relatively severe conditions compared with other catalysts reported in the literature. Finally, the macroscopic shape of such composite easily rendered its usage as catalyst support in a fixed-bed configuration without facing problems of transport and pressure drop as encountered with the bulk CNTs.     

Study of CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Cu-V/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst

The effect of vanadium addition to CU/γ-Al2O3 catalyst used in the hydrogenation of CO2 to produce methanol was studied. It was found that the catalytic performance of the Cu-based catalyst improved after V addition. The influence of reaction temperature, space velocity and the molar ratio of H2 to CO2 on the performance of 12%Cu-6%V/γ-Al2O3 catalyst were also studied. The results indicated that the best conditions for reaction were as follows: 240℃, 3600 h-1 and a molar ratio of H2 to CO2 of 3:1. The results of XRD and TPR characterization demonstrated that the addition of V enhanced the dispersion of the supported CuO species, which resulted in the enhanced catalytic performance of CU-V/γ-Al2O3 binary catalyst.     

EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS ADDITION TO ZrO_2/SiO_2 ON CATALYTIC PROPERTIES FOR DEHYDROGENATION OF METHANOL

The effect of phosphorus addition to ZrO_2/SiO_2 on the performanceof catalysts for dehydrogenation of methanol was studied.The results showedthat the addition of P to ZrO_2/SiO_2 significantly enhanced the selectivity toHCHO with an increase in the CH_3OH conversion.The surface properties ofcatalyst were characterized by XRD,TPD,XPS and IR methods.The role of Pas a promoter in the above catalyst was discussed.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Sol-Gel Cu-ZrO2 and Fe-ZrO2 Catalysts

Fe-ZrO₂ and Cu-ZrO₂ xerogels were prepared by a sol-gel method. The effect of the hydrolysis catalyst during the gelation step, namely H₂SO₄ or NH₄OH, on the properties of the resulting materials was investigated by XRD, BET, TGA/DTA, TPD of ammonia, FTIR, and TPR. Fe-ZrO₂ and Cu-ZrO₂ xerogels, with sulfuric acid introduced as the hydrolysis catalyst, mainly crystallyzed in the tetragonal phase and exhibited larger surface area and acid amount than those obtained with NH₄OH. Ammonia TPD shows that copper promoted sulfated zirconia is the most acidic material. TGA and FTIR reveal that under oxidizing conditions sulfated zirconia promoted with iron and copper retains more sulfate species than unpromoted sulfated zirconia. Regardless of the hydrolysis catalyst employed, copper promoted catalysts calcined at 600°C, contain a large fraction of copper oxide specieseasily reduced at low temperatures. These copper oxide species are believed to have different environment and interactions with the surface oxygen vacancies of the zirconia support. A FeO-like phase appears to be the most probable one after reduction of Fe-ZrO₂ catalysts prepared with NH₄OH as the hydrolysis catalyst. The formation of Fe° species may be hindered by the high dispersion and interaction of Fe²⁺ ions with the zirconia support. On the other hand, the reduction peaks of iron oxide and sulfate species exhibit a considerable overlap in the TPR profiles of sulfated Fe-ZrO₂ samples. Hence, the nature of the supported phase in the latter samples is rather uncertain.     

高效甲醇水蒸气重整制氢的SBA-15改性的Cu/ZnO/Al2O3催化剂

以介孔SBA-15为结构助剂, 制备出用于甲醇水蒸气重整制氢的新型高效氧化硅掺杂的Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃催化剂, 并与传统Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃催化剂在相同条件下的催化性能进行了比较. 结果表明, 添加适量介孔SBA-15可显著提高催化剂的催化活性和选择性, 在大幅度提高甲醇转化率的同时有效降低了重整产气中CO的含量. 原位XRD分析证实适量介孔SBA-15的添加对传统Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃催化剂的微结构性质可产生重要的调控作用, 从而大大改善其催化活性和制氢选择性.     

载体制备方法对合成甲醇催化剂的影响

通过比较以超临界干燥法和以普通空气中干燥得到的氧化锆为载体的ＣｕＯ／ＺｒＯ２催化剂，发现前者对ＣＯ／２Ｈ２合成甲醇的活性优于后者。ＸＲＤ和ＴＰＲ结果表明以超界干燥法制得的氧化锆为载体的催化剂ＣｕＯ的分散度比空气中干燥所得的氧化锆为载体的催化剂高。     

含Y或La助剂的CuO／ZrO2合成甲醇催化剂的性能和结构研究

通过ＣｕＯ／ＺｒＯ２及含Ｙ或Ｌａ助剂的ＣｕＯ／ＺｒＯ２催化剂对ＯＣ／Ｈ２合成甲醇性能的研究，发现稀土助剂能有效地提高该催化剂的活性。ＸＲＤ结果说明，ＣｕＯ｜ＺｒＯ２中加入Ｙ或Ｌａ助剂可使氧化铜处于较高的分散状态。ＴＰＲ结果揭示ＣｕＯ／ＺｒＯ２催化剂中存在着在室温就很容易被氧人的铜，它在催化剂中含量的增加导致催化剂活性的提高，是关切的活性组份。助剂的加入使这种易被氧化的铜含量增加。ＸＰＳ表面分析结果     

CaO对Cu-ZnO-ZrO_2催化CO_2加H_2合成甲醇性能影响

用CaO作为改性助剂,采用并流共沉淀法制备了CuO∶ZnO∶ZrO_2为5∶4∶1(物质的量比),CaO添加量为0、1%、2%、4%、8%、16%(摩尔分数)的六组催化剂。用X射线衍射(XRD)、微商热重(TG-DTG)、傅里叶红外(FT-IR)、N2吸附脱附(BET)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、氢气程序升温还原(H_2-TPR)、CO_2程序升温脱附(CO_2-TPD)、NH_3程序升温脱附(NH_3-TPD)对催化剂进行了表征。用自制固定床评价了催化剂活性。结果表明,添加CaO后,催化剂路易斯酸性和表面碱性增强;催化剂母体中高温碳酸盐含量增加,热稳定性增强,CuO颗粒粒径变小,Cu-Zn协同作用增强,Cu比表面积增大,分散性变好。催化剂活性受到表面酸碱性、铜比表面积、Cu-Zn协同作用和铜分散性共同影响。当CaO为2%时,铜比表面积为79.3 m2/g、铜分散度为34.8%、CO_2转化率为24.55%、甲醇选择性为19.01%、甲醇收率为0.044 g/(gcat·h),催化剂活性最好。过量CaO占据催化剂孔道和覆盖表面活性位,使催化剂路易斯酸性和表面碱性过强,CuO与H_2有效接触减少,CO_2难以脱附,催化活性下降。因此,适量CaO(2%)添加可促进CO_2加氢反应合成甲醇。     

甲醇水蒸气重整制氢的高效碳纳米管改性Cu/ZnO/Al2O3催化剂

以碳纳米管为助剂,制备用于甲醇水蒸气重整制氢的新型高效Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃催化剂,并与传统Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃催化剂在相同条件下的催化性能进行了比较.结果表明,添加适量碳纳米管可显著提高催化剂的低温催化活性和选择性,在大幅度提高产氢速率的同时有效降低了重整产气中CO的含量.SEM和XRD分析证实适量碳纳米管的添加有效促进了Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃催化剂结构特性的改善,有利于活性铜物种的分散,从而显著提高了催化剂的低温催化性能.     

载体表面性质对Cu/ZrO2催化剂CO加氢反应行为的影响

用XRD、LRS、NH₃-TPD、CO₂-TPD和CO-FTIR等表征手段考察了不同温度焙烧的氧化锆表面性质的差别,特别是表面酸碱性的差异对Cu/ZrO₂催化剂CO加氢反应行为的影响。结果表明,不同温度焙烧的氧化锆表面酸碱性具有较大的差异,其中以450℃焙烧的氧化锆具有较高的表面碱性和最低酸性。这些表面性质的差异对于Cu/ZrO₂催化剂的CO吸附行为产生较大的影响,进而影响CO的加氢反应活性。以450℃焙烧的氧化锆为载体时,Cu/ZrO₂催化剂具有较好的反应活性。     

稀土掺杂改性对Cu/ZnAl水滑石衍生催化剂甲醇水蒸气重整制氢性能的影响

采用原位合成法在γ-Al₂O₃表面合成了锌铝水滑石,再通过顺次浸渍法制备了一系列掺杂稀土改性的M（M=Y、La、Ce、Sm、Gd）/Cu/ZnAl催化材料,并将其应用于甲醇水蒸气重整制氢反应。探讨了稀土掺杂改性对Cu/ZnAl催化剂催化性能的影响,并采用XRD、SEM-EDS、BET、H₂-TPR、XPS和N₂O滴定等手段对催化剂进行了表征。结果表明,催化剂的活性与Cu比表面积和催化剂的还原性质密切相关,Cu比表面积越大,还原温度越低,催化活性越高。稀土Ce、Sm、Gd的引入能改善活性组分Cu的分散度、Cu比表面积以及催化剂的还原性质,进而提高催化剂的催化活性。其中,Ce/Cu/ZnAl催化剂表现出最佳的催化活性,在反应温度为250 ℃时,甲醇转化率达到100%,CO含量为0.39%,相比Cu/ZnAl催化剂,甲醇转化率提高了近40%。     

CeO_2改性Cu/Zn-Al水滑石衍生催化剂对甲醇水蒸气重整制氢性能的影响

采用原位合成法在γ-Al2O3表面合成了锌铝水滑石,再采用顺次浸渍法制备了Ce/Cu/Zn-Al催化材料;将其应用于甲醇水蒸气重整制氢,探讨了Ce含量对Cu/Zn-Al催化剂催化性能的影响.催化剂表征结果表明,CeO_2的引入改善了活性组分铜的分散度、铜的比表面积以及催化剂的氧化还原性质,进而提高了催化剂的催化活性和产氢率.当Ce含量为4%时,催化剂活性最佳,在250℃时,甲醇转化率达到100%,CO摩尔分数为0.39%,与Cu/Zn-Al催化剂相比,甲醇转化率提高了近40%.     

Effect of supercritical fluid of CO2 drying during Cu/ZnO catalyst preparation on methanol synthesis from syngas at low temperature

A copper-based catalyst can be utilized to synthesize methanol from syngas containing carbon dioxide as well as water at low temperature and low pressure. However, the agglomeration of the metallic copper and zinc oxide decreased the catalyst surface area and the Cu-specific surface area. In order to prevent the sintering, the supercritical CO₂ was used to extract water from the catalyst precursor. Our results demonstrate that the Cu-specific surface area was the essential factor to affect the catalytic activity. A larger Cu-specific surface area would cause higher methanol synthesis activity. The optimized supercritical CO₂ drying condition was at 308?K and 8.0?MPa for 3?h when the methanol yield reached 44.8%.