化学链燃烧过程中铁基烧结返矿载氧体反应活性及结构研究

使用流化床,以95%的甲烷作为还原性气氛,以烧结过程中烧结返矿作为载氧体,研究其在化学链燃烧过程中的反应活性以及烧结返矿在氧化还原循环中的结构特征。对烧结矿原料、还原后以及氧化再生的烧结矿进行形貌结构及物性表征。结果表明,在初始氧化循环过程中,烧结返矿的载氧能力和反应活性有显著的提高;前25个循环过程中,烧结返矿的比表面积显著增大,比表面积的增大是提高烧结返矿反应活性的主要原因之一。随着循环的进行,烧结返矿表面出现裂纹并逐渐加大。Raman检测结果显示,在还原过程中有新的铁晶型,纤铁矿(γ-Fe OOH)生成,而纤铁矿(γ-Fe OOH)的生成将降低烧结返矿的载氧能力。氧化循环过程中,采用甲烷作为还原性气体,并未发现有碳沉积现象的产生。     

碳酸钾催化的铁基氧载体煤催化化学链燃烧

研究了K₂CO₃催化剂及惰性担体对铁基氧载体煤化学链燃烧的影响.实验结果表明,K₂CO₃的添加可明显促进铁基氧载体与煤之间的反应速率,其原因可归结为从氧载体上迁移到煤颗粒上的K₂CO₃对煤-CO₂气化步骤的催化作用(该步骤为整个还原过程的速率控制步骤);由于K₂CO₃本身的促熔效果及加入K₂CO₃后导致的剧烈氧化还原反应,可以发现,K₂CO₃会增大铁基氧载体的烧结;不同惰性担体对铁基氧载体与煤的反应性影响不大,这是由于惰性担体对还原速控步没有影响;K₂CO₃在多循环化学链燃烧过程中依然可以保持一定的催化活性,另外由于催化剂的流失与失活,使得氧载体的反应活性有所下降.     

Cu修饰的Fe2O3/Al2O3氧载体的循环反应稳定性研究

采用冷冻干燥法制备了经Cu修饰（10%）的Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃氧载体。利用热重分析仪分别在850、900和950 ℃等温环境下,使氧载体交替接触还原气体和氧化气体,来模拟氧载体在化学链燃烧中的循环过程。结果表明,经Cu修饰的Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃氧载体在850和900 ℃下的等温循环过程中反应性能都很稳定,在950 ℃时的循环反应前期有微量烧结,但在循环后期反应性能也很稳定。随着反应温度的升高,氧载体氧化速率增大,还原速率和载氧率先减小后增大。与未经修饰的Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃氧载体相比较,在900 ℃下作等温循环实验,经Cu修饰的Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃氧载体具有较高的载氧能力和还原速率,但氧化速率较低;两者都具有较好的循环稳定性。     

气体燃料化学链燃烧技术中的溶胶凝胶Ni基氧载体研究

高性能氧载体是实现具有CO2富集特性的化学链燃烧技术的关键。选用Ni(NO3)2和Al(OC3H7)3为主要原料,匹配合适的实验操作参数,通过溶胶 凝胶法制备了NiO/NiAl2O4氧载体,其中60%NiO含量、1300℃烧结6h的该种氧载体物化指标较好。在热重分析上研究了NiO/NiAl2O4氧载体与甲烷/空气的还原 氧化反应性,利用XRD、SEM和BET对反应前后的氧载体进行表征。结果表明,制备的氧载体具有良好的还原 氧化反应循环能力。随着循环次数的增多,每次还原阶段被还原的程度缓慢加深,每次氧化阶段被氧化的程度逐渐下降,且还原加深幅度和氧化下降的幅度均逐渐减小,整体上其循环反应性呈缓慢增加的趋势。循环反应过程中,氧载体颗粒间无任何烧结,仍然保持为多孔结构。这些结果初步证明采用溶胶凝胶法制备的NiO/NiAl2O4氧载体具有实现气体燃料化学链燃烧技术的可行性。     

Study of the performances of an oxygen carrier: Experimental investigation of the binder's contribution and characterization of its structural modifications

The aim of this work is to investigate the contribution of the binder (NiAl₂O₄) on the performances of the oxygen carrier NiO/NiAl₂O₄. To this purpose, oxidation/reduction cycles have been performed in a fixed bed reactor using CO as a fuel. The results reveal that the binder can react with the fuel to form CO₂, and that its total reduction capacity increases with temperature. XRD characterizations performed on the binder (on the fresh and after several cycles) show a shift of the diffraction peaks of NiAl₂O₄ toward the ones of γ-alumina, which can be attributed to a progressive decomposition of NiAl₂O₄ to alumina and NiO.     

固相浸渍法制备NiO/CeO2催化剂及其在CO氧化反应中的应用

采用固相浸渍法制备了一系列NiO/CeO2催化剂,并通过与常规湿浸渍法比较,考察了制备方法对催化剂和CO氧化反应性能的影响.同时结合X射线衍射(XRD),N2吸附-脱附(BET),透射电镜(TEM),氢气-程序升温还原(H2-TPR),拉曼(Raman)光谱,X射线光电子能谱(XPS)等手段对催化剂的结构和表面物种分散状态进行了表征.CO氧化活性测试结果表明,当镍负载量相同时,固相浸渍法制备的催化剂相比于湿浸渍法表现出更好的催化性能.TEM、XPS、H2-TPR结果表明,固相浸渍法更有利于加强镍铈间的相互作用和得到高分散的镍物种,从而促进镍物种的还原.Raman结果表明固相浸渍法相比于湿浸渍法能产生更多氧空位,这有利于氧气在催化剂表面的活化,使得CO氧化反应更容易进行.     

Industrial wastewater treatment wastes used as oxygen carriers in energy generation processes

The paper contains the results of a study on a promising combustion technology known as chemical looping combustion (CLC). The main advantage of CLC is the production of a highly concentrated CO₂ stream without any energy penalty for its separation, together with NO_x emissions reduction. The objective of this work was to examine novel oxygen carrier (OC) materials for their practical applications with gaseous fuel/air. We report a simple, economical and environmentally friendly method for the large-scale synthesis of OCs from wastes. The reactivity tests for OCs made from wastewater from a coking plant were performed in a thermogravimetric analyser. For selected temperatures, reduction–oxidation cycles were performed. The effect of temperature on the reaction rates, the effect of waste treatment and the oxygen transport capacity were determined. The waste material demonstrated good thermal stability and maintained its redox behaviour over cycling. ICP-OES and XRD data revealed these materials that contained beneficial amounts of Fe species and silicon oxide, which improved stability. The study showed that these waste materials are excellent examples of raw materials that can enable a decrease in OC production costs with the additional benefit of the practical management of post-wastewater sediments from coke oven wastewater plants.

     

The adaptability of Cu/Zr oxides as oxygen carrier used for chemical looping air separation (CLAS)

Chemical looping air separation (CLAS), based on the chemical looping principle, is a novel and energy-efficient method to separate oxygen from air. The oxygen carriers used capture oxygen from air in an oxidation reactor and release oxygen in a reduction reactor. In this work, the adaptability of Cu/Zr oxygen carrier used for CLAS was investigated through thermodynamic analysis and experimental methods. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) were used to measure the phases and surface morphology of oxygen carriers before and after experiments. The results show that CuO has the capability of releasing oxygen when the temperature is higher than 725 °C in the nitrogen atmosphere, and the minimum oxygen reduction temperatures increase with the increasing of oxygen concentrations. The Cu/Zr oxygen carrier has high oxygen reduction and oxidation rates when temperature is higher than a certain values. For reduction, the value is about 860 °C. For oxidation, the value is about 500 °C. The reactivity of oxygen carrier increases significantly with the temperature increasing. On overall, reactivity of oxygen carrier has little difference under different particle sizes. The oxygen carrier exhibits a stable oxygen reduction and oxidation behavior during reduction–oxidation cycles. XRD patterns show that the main phases in reduced samples are Cu₂O and ZrO₂. The main phases in fresh and oxidized samples are CuO and ZrO₂. SEM images show that the fresh and reacted oxygen carriers are porous. The surface of reacted samples is smoother than fresh samples and no agglomeration has been found.     

高指数晶面结构氧化铁化学链燃烧反应活性及深层还原反应机理

采用密度泛函理论计算和实验研究形貌可控制备氧化铁作为高效载氧体用于化学链燃烧的可行性. 首先从理论上对比分析Fe₂O₃高指数晶面[104]和低指数晶面[001]的反应活性及深层还原反应机理. 表面反应结果显示, Fe₂O₃[104]氧化CO的反应活性远高于Fe₂O₃[001], Fe₂O₃[104]被还原成为低价的铁氧化物或单质, 这些低价的铁氧化物或单质可被O₂氧化再生. 载氧体和CO深层反应结果显示Fe₂O₃[104]可被CO彻底还原成Fe单质, Fe₂O₃[104]释放氧能力强, 反应活性高; 而Fe₂O₃[001]还原到一定程度后反应能垒高, 抑制表面进一步还原, 释放氧能力有限. 最后, 实验结果进一步证明了Fe₂O₃[104]作为载氧体用于化学链燃烧的高反应活性及稳定性.     

XPS study of the oxidation of nanosize Ni/Si(100) films

The XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) study of nickel oxide nanolayers obtained by magnetron sputtering of the metal and its subsequent oxidation in air at different temperatures (400°C and 1000°C) was performed. Silicon(100) was used as a substrate. Surface of the initial Ni/Si structure was shown to contain not only Ni metal, but also the NiO oxide. Annealing at 400°C results in a complete oxidation of the metal film. At a high-temperature annealing (1000°C), nickel interacts both with oxygen and silicon substrate to form NiSi silicide and a composite Ni-Si-O phase in transition layer. Electronconductivity of NiO films is determined by intercrystallite barriers. Activation energies of film electroconductivity in model gases (O₂, Ar, H₂) were found.     

Thermal characteristics of Cu-based oxygen carriers

Chemical looping combustion (CLC) is a novel combustion technology with the capability for segregation of exhaust products (i.e., carbon dioxide/H₂O or N₂/O₂). The combustion is performed in two interconnected reactors with a solid oxygen carrier circulating between them, transferring oxygen from the air to the fuel. The feasibility of a successful CLC system depends on the selection of an appropriate oxygen carrier. Cu-based oxygen carriers are good oxygen carriers due to high reactivity. However, it faces low melting point, agglomeration problems in fluidized bed. In this study, a circular reduction?Coxidation reaction simulated to the cyclic operation of the Cu-based oxygen carrier was conducted on the thermogravimetric analyzer (TG). The thermal behaviors of the potential Cu-based oxygen carrier were investigated by using an X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and surface analyzer. Multiple TG results show that the weight loss was 3.4%, indicating that the loading CuO amount was 17%. Moreover, the weight loss and weight gain was equal during 73 redox cycles, suggesting the good thermal stability of the oxygen carrier. The conversion rate of reduction and oxidation for each redox cycle remained constant even after 73 redox cycles. XRD results show the new phase formation of CuAl₂O₄ during redox cycles, which promotes the thermal stabilization of the oxygen carrier. The surface area of the oxygen carrier decreased from 105 to 13?m^2?g^?1 after 73 redox cycles and the particle size distribution shifted from 5?C15?nm to 15?C30?nm, suggesting that the micorpores were blocked or collapsed. However, the reactivity of the oxygen carrier didn??t decrease. SEM results show that CuO was evenly distributed on the surface of Al₂O₃ after 73 redox cycles. Overall, these results suggested that the Cu-based oxygen carrier was ready for fluidized bed tests.     

Nickel oxide coated on ultrasonically pretreated carbon nanotubes for supercapacitor

Nickel oxide/carbon nanotubes (NiO/CNTs) composite materials for supercapacitor are prepared by chemically depositing nickel hydroxide onto carbon nanotubes pretreated by ultrasonication and followed by thermal annealing at 300 °C. A series of NiO/CNTs composites with different weight ratios of nickel oxide versus carbon nanotubes are synthesized via the same route. The high-resolution TEM and SEM results show that a lot of nicks, which favored the nucleation of the nickel hydroxide formed on the outer walls of carbon nanotubes due to ultrasonic cavitations, and then nickel oxide coated uniformly on the outer surface of the individual carbon nanotubes. The NiO/CNTs electrode presents a maximum specific capacitance of 523 F/g as well as a good cycle life during 1,000 cycles in 6 M KOH electrolyte. The good electrochemical characteristics of NiO/CNTs composite can be attributed to the three-dimensionally interconnected nanotubular structure with a thin film of electroactive materials.     

基于钾基修饰铁矿石载氧体的煤化学链燃烧循环实验

对天然的铁矿石加以钾基修饰,在流化床上进行了煤化学链燃烧循环实验。研究了改性后的铁矿石对气体产物浓度及含碳气体体积分数影响的持续力。钾基铁矿石缩短了反应时间并明显提高了CO₂浓度;在20次循环中,钾基铁矿石能明显提高CO₂体积分数并降低CO体积分数,11次循环后,CO₂体积分数稍有减少,CO体积分数略有增加。借助于扫描电镜与电子能谱(SEM-EDX)和X射线衍射(XRD),对不同循环后的载氧体进行表征。与纯铁矿石相比,前10次循环钾基铁矿石载氧体表面严重烧结,20次循环之后烧结减轻,恢复多孔结构。结果表明,钾基铁矿石载氧体中KFe₁₁O₁₇或其衍生物对煤气化有催化作用;在20次循环中存在钾流失现象;20次循环后钾基铁矿石载氧体能完全氧化为Fe₂O₃。     

Thermodynamic possibilities and constraints of pure hydrogen production by a chromium,nickel, and manganese-based chemical looping process at lower temperatures

The reduction of chromium, nickel, and manganese oxides by hydrogen, CO, CH₄, and model syngas (mixtures of CO + H₂ or H₂ + CO + CO₂) and oxidation by water vapor has been studied from the thermodynamic and chemical equilibrium point of view. Attention was concentrated not only on the convenient conditions for reduction of the relevant oxides to metals or lower oxides at temperatures in the range 400–1000 K, but also on the possible formation of soot, carbides, and carbonates as precursors for the carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide formation in the steam oxidation step. Reduction of very stable Cr₂O₃ to metallic Cr by hydrogen or CO at temperatures of 400–1000 K is thermodynamically excluded. Reduction of nickel oxide (NiO) and manganese oxide (Mn₃O₄) by hydrogen or CO at such temperatures is feasible. The oxidation of MnO and Ni by steam and simultaneous production of hydrogen at temperatures between 400 and 1000 K is a difficult step from the thermodynamics viewpoint. Assuming the Ni—NiO system, the formation of nickel aluminum spinel could be used to increase the equilibrium hydrogen yield, thus, enabling the hydrogen production via looping redox process. The equilibrium hydrogen yield under the conditions of steam oxidation of the Ni—NiO system is, however, substantially lower than that for the Fe—Fe₃O₄ system. The system comprising nickel ferrite seems to be unsuitable for cyclic redox processes. Under strongly reducing conditions, at high CO concentrations/partial pressures, formation of nickel carbide (Ni₃C) is thermodynamically favored. Pressurized conditions during the reduction step with CO/CO₂ containing gases enhance the formation of soot and carbon-containing compounds such as carbides and/or carbonates.     

过渡金属修饰Fe2O3/Al2O3氧载体的Redox性能研究

采用冷冻干燥法分别制备了经Cu、Co、Mn、Ni修饰的Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃氧载体。利用化学吸附仪,通过程序升温还原(H₂-TPR)和程序升温氧化(TPO)来研究经不同过渡金属修饰的Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃与H₂和O₂的反应性能。实验发现,在Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃中加入Cu、Co、Ni以后,氧载体与H₂的反应性都有提高,但是当在Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃中加入Mn以后,氧载体的反应性和载氧能力反而下降。经Cu修饰的Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃与H₂的反应性最高,且具有很好的反应稳定性,适合用于化学链燃烧。     

二维纳米片组成的花状铁醇盐及其微纳结构三氧化二铁衍生物的储锂性能

Fe₂O₃作为锂电池负极材料具有诸多优点,但其较低的本征电导率和充放电循环过程中材料粉化使得其电化学储锂性能有待改善。 本文以具有花状微纳结构的铁醇盐为反应中间体,在空气气氛下烧结制备出具有花状微纳结构的铁基负极材料Fe₂O₃。 纳米花状的铁醇盐可以在低烧结温度下转化为目标产物,从而使得产物能够保持中间体的形貌。 300 ℃热处理条件下,所得样品在电流密度为200 mA/g时首次放电比容量为1360 mA·h/g,循环100次后的容量仍然达到515.6 mA·h/g;相比之下,450和800 ℃热处理所得样品100次循环后,比容量分别为247.6和206.7 mA·h/g。 微纳结构在增加材料的活性的同时,也能够抑制材料的粉化现象,因而所制得的材料表现出较大的比容量和良好的循环性能,为解决Fe₂O₃负极材料循环性能差的问题提供了思路。     

Natural iron ore as an oxygen carrier for biomass chemical looping gasification in a fluidized bed reactor

Chemical looping gasification (CLG) of biomass was performed in a thermogravimetric analyzer (TG) reactor together with a fluidized reactor with natural iron ore oxygen carrier under inert atmosphere. TG experiments indicated that iron ore can provide oxygen source for biomass conversion in the form of lattice oxygen. In the fluidized bed experiments, the influences of reduction temperature on CLG of biomass were emphatically investigated in terms of gas distribution and solid characters. The gas yield and carbon conversion increased, but the tar content decreased in the temperature range of 1,013–1,213 K. In this temperature range, the conversion of oxygen carrier increased from 24.11 to 53.59 %. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that more FeO was generated with temperature increasing. Scanning electron microscope analysis indicates that sintering was observed at elevated temperature. An optimum mass ratio of biomass/oxygen carrier (B/O) of 0.67 was obtained with aim of achieving maximum gasification efficiency of 76.93 %.     

Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed Oxidation of Metallic Sn in NiO/SnO2 Nanocomposite

It is well accepted that metallic tin as a discharge (reduction) product of SnO_x cannot be electrochemically oxidized below 3.00 V versus Li⁺/Li⁰ due to the high stability of Li₂O, though a similar oxidation can usually occur for a transition metal formed from the corresponding oxide. In this work, nanosized Ni₂SnO₄ and NiO/SnO₂ nanocomposite were synthesized by coprecipitation reactions and subsequent heat treatment. Owing to the catalytic effect of nanosized metallic nickel, metallic tin can be electrochemically oxidized to SnO₂ below 3.00 V. As a result, the reversible lithium‐storage capacities of the nanocomposite reach 970 mAh g^?1 or above, much higher than the theoretical capacity (ca. 750 mAh g^?1) of SnO₂, NiO, or their composites. These findings extend the well‐known electrochemical conversion reaction to non‐transition‐metal compounds and may have important applications, for example, in constructing high‐capacity electrode materials and efficient catalysts.     

Effect of nickel oxide additive on properties of catalysts used in the reaction of selective oxidation of carbon monoxide

Effect of nickel oxide additives on the oxidation selectivity of carbon monoxide in the presence of hydrogen was studied for the widely recognized system constituted by copper and cerium oxides. It was shown that a significant positive effect is observed upon introduction of the nickel-containing additive (??0.3%) due to the electron-donor effect of nickel oxide. It was demonstrated that the catalyst of composition NiO/CuO/CeO₂/Al₂O₃ shows high selectivity in the reaction of CO oxidation.     

Deep Oxidation of Methane over Nano-Sized Ferrites with Spinel Structures

Ferrites with spinel structures as catalysts for the deep oxidation of methane have been studied by X-ray phase analysis and temperature programmed reduction. The most active catalysts are the nano-sized ferrites of cobalt and nickel, prepared by the decomposition of polynuclear complexes, with Al₂O₃ as carrier and with addition of a surface active agent to increase the thermal stability of the catalysts. At low temperatures (up to 450 °C), the effect of the size factor appears with the increase in specific catalytic activity of cobalt and nickel ferrites with decreasing of their particles. A correlation of the catalytic activity with the quantity and mobility (reactivity) of oxygen in the ferrites has been established.