Wet Conversion of Methane and Carbon Dioxide in a DBD Reactor

The influence of water on the plasma assisted conversion of methane and carbon dioxide in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plug flow reactor was studied. The plasma at atmospheric pressure was ignited by a power supply at a frequency of 13.56?MHz. Product formation was studied at a power range between 35 and 70?W. The concentrations of the three gases were altered and diluted with helium to 3?%. FTIR spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy were applied to analyze the inlet and the product streams. The main product of this process are hydrogen, carbon monoxide and ethane. Ethene, ethine, methanol and formaldehyde are generated beside the main products in this DBD in lower concentrations. The conversion of methane, the ratio of the synthesis gas components (n(H₂):n(CO)), and the yield of oxygenated hydrocarbons and hydrogen increases by adding water. The total consumed energy reaches lower values for small amounts of water. Additional water does not influence the generated amount of C2 hydrocarbons and of CO, but decreases the carbon dioxide conversion.     

Competition between H and CO for Active Sites Governs Copper‐Mediated Electrosynthesis of Hydrocarbon Fuels

The dynamics of carbon monoxide on Cu surfaces was investigated during CO reduction, providing insight into the mechanism leading to the formation of hydrogen, methane, and ethylene, the three key products in the electrochemical reduction of CO₂. Reaction order experiments were conducted at low temperature in an ethanol medium affording high solubility and surface‐affinity for carbon monoxide. Surprisingly, the methane production rate is suppressed by increasing the pressure of CO, whereas ethylene production remains largely unaffected. The data show that CH₄ and H₂ production are linked through a common H intermediate and that methane is formed through reactions among adsorbed H and CO, which are in direct competition with each other for surface sites. The data exclude the participation of solution species in rate‐limiting steps, highlighting the importance of increasing surface recombination rates for efficient fuel synthesis.     

二甲醚部分氧化重整制氢的实验研究

应用自制二甲醚(DME)部分氧化重整制氢实验装置,研究了温度、空醚比、DME进气流量、催化剂用量和重整器管内径对DME转化率和H2产率的影响。结果表明,常压下,在300℃～500℃,随着温度升高,DME转化率和H2产率增大,DME转化率的最大值接近100%,H2产率的最大值约为95%,产气中H2、CO和CH4的体积分数增大,CO2和DME的体积分数减小。空醚比从0.5增大到3.0时,DME转化率和H2产率增大,产气中H2和CO的体积分数先增后减。增大DME进气流量,DME转化率、H2产率、产出的气体中H2和CO的体积分数都减小。增加催化剂用量、减小重整器管内径都能增大DME转化率和H2产率。     

STUDIES ON FISCHER TROPSCH SYNTHESIS OVER Fe-Cu-K CATALYST Ⅱ.PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION AND COMPOSITION

In part I, we investigated some behavior of copper- potassium promoted iron catalyst for the synthesis of hydrocarbon from hydrogen and carbon monoxide, with particular attention to the influence of reaction temperature, operating pressure, space velocity, H2/CO ratio in feed gas and particle size of catalyst on CO conversion. In this part, more attention was paid to the whole product distribution, such as wax, oil, oxygenate and the composition of oil and oxygenate. It is seen that the operating conditions greatly affect the whole product distribution and its composition.     

煤和生物质共气化制备富氢气体的实验研究

在煤处理量为8kg/h的小型流化床反应器上,以富氧空气和水蒸气为气化介质,对煤和生物质共气化制取富氢燃气进行了实验研究。在850℃～1 050℃主要考察了空气当量比、水碳比、生物质比例和生物质种类对燃气组成和气体产率的影响。结果表明,对煤和稻草混合体系,稻草质量比为33%时,空气当量比增加,CO2含量显著增加,H2、CO和CH4含量减少,气体产率增加;水碳比增加,CO2和CH4含量增加,CO和H2含量减小,气体产率先增加后减小;生物质比例增加,CO2、H2和CH4含量增加,CO含量降低,气体产率先增加后减小,当生物质比例小于50%时,可以实现体系的稳定运行。对于三种不同的煤与生物质混合体系,煤与高粱秆共气化所得煤气中H2含量最高,气体产率的顺序为:煤/木屑煤/高粱秆煤/稻草煤。实验中H2在煤气中的体积分数最高可达37.25%,最大产率为0.54m3/kg。     

Natural gas and biofuel as feedstock for hydrogen production on Ni catalysts

In this article,the aptitude of natural gas as feedstock in steam reforming process for hydrogen production is compared with that of different liquid fuels (pure compounds and commercial fuels),with the aim to investigate the potentialities of biofuels to overcome the CO2 emission problems deriving from fossil fuel processing.The performances of a nickel based catalyst (commercially used in steam reforming of natural gas) were evaluated in terms of feed conversion and yield to the different products as function of temperature,space velocity and water/fuel ratio.Furthermore,a preliminary evaluation of catalyst durability was effected by monitoring yield to H2 versus time on stream and measuring coke formation at the end of experimental tests.High yields to hydrogen were obtained with ail fuels investigated,whereas the deactivation phenomena,which are correlated to carbon deposition on the catalyst,were observed with all tested fuels,except for methane and biofuel.     

Microreactor for the Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane

Fixed-bed reactors for the partial oxidation of methane to produce synthetic gas still pose hot-spot problems. An alternative reactor, which is known as the shell-and-tube-typed microreactor, has been developed to resolve these problems. The microreactor consists of a 1 cm outside-diameter, 0.8 cm inside-diameter and 11 cm length tube, and a 1.8 cm inside-diameter shell. The tube is made of dense alumina and the shell is made of quartz. Two different methods dip and spray coating were performed to line the tube side with the LaNixOy catalyst. Combustion and reforming reactions take place simultaneously in this reactor. Methane is oxidized in the tube side to produce flue gases (CO2 and H2O) which flow counter-currently and react with the remaining methane in the shell side to yield synthesis gas. The methane conversion using the higher-loading catalyst spray-coated tube reaches 97% at 700℃, whereas that using the lower-loading catalyst dip-coated tube reaches only 7.78% because of poor adhesion between the catalyst film and the alumina support. The turnover frequencies (TOFs) using the catalyst spray-and dip-coated tubes are 5.75×10-5 and 2.24×10-5 mol/gcat·s, respectively. The catalyst spray-coated at 900℃provides better performance than that at 1250℃because sintering reduces the surface-area. The hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio produced by the spray-coated catalyst is greater than the stoichiometric ratio, which is caused by carbon deposition through methane cracking or the Boudouard reaction.     

基于晶格氧的甲烷化学链重整制合成气

利用氧载体中的晶格氧代替分子氧进行的甲烷化学链重整制合成气,是一种新颖的甲烷制合成气技术,具有较高经济效益和环境效应。它具有省却纯氧设备、能自热、合适的氢碳比、有用的副产物以及过程易于工业化等优点,因此受到国内外研究者的普遍关注。本文介绍了化学链重整技术的基本原理及其特点;重点总结了用于甲烷化学链重整的单金属氧载体和复合金属氧载体的研究进展;同时,探讨了几种具有典型代表的甲烷化学链重整反应装置,并指出串行流化床反应器是实现化学链重整技术工业化最有效的装置;最后对化学链重整技术的拓展应用以及与其他技术交叉运用等发展趋势进行了展望。     

Ni/TiO2 Catalyst for Partial Oxidation of Methane to Syngas

Ni/TiO₂ catalyst was firstly used for the partial oxidation of methane to produce synthesis gas. The reaction was carried out in a fixed-bed continuous flow quartz reactor at atmospheric pressure. The flow rate was regulated by a mass controller with a space velocity of 1.5×10⁵ h^-1 and a CH₄/O₂ molar ratio of 2/1. Prior to the introduction of feed gas, the Ni/TiO₂ catalyst was activated in flowing H₂ at 700℃ for 30 min. TiO₂ is known to be a poor support for partial oxidation because which can easily result in complete oxidation. But at 700℃, Ni/TiO₂ catalyst exhibited a better performance than Ni/SiO₂ and Ni/ZrO₂. The conversion of methane was 81.5, and the selectivity of hydrogen and carbon monoxide were 93.4 and 89.4 respectively. After 6h of continuous reaction, the conversion of methane descended a little and then remained a steady yield on the whole,but the selectivity of H₂ and CO gradually declined, as far as to a constant. The selectivity of H₂ was always higher than that of CO and the ratio of H₂/CO wouldn't change with the increasing of reaction time.     

Conversion of Methane and Carbon Dioxide in a DBD Reactor: Influence of Oxygen

A continuous plug flow reactor supported by a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) is used to study the conversion of methane, carbon dioxide, and oxygen at different compositions. The three studied gases were diluted with helium to 3 % with an overall flow rate of 200 sccm. The 13.56 MHz plasma was ignited at atmospheric pressure. The product stream and the inlet flow were analyzed by a FTIR spectrometer equipped with a White-cell and by a quadrupole mass spectrometer. The DBD reactor generates hydrogen, carbon monoxide, ethane, ethene, acetylene, formaldehyde, and methanol. Additional oxygen in the feed has positive effects on the yield of methanol, formaldehyde and carbon monoxide and reduces the total consumed energy. The hydrogen yield reaches its maximum at medium amounts of oxygen in the inlet flow. The conversion of methane increases to a limiting value of about 35 %. Methane rich feeds increase the yield of hydrogen, ethane and methanol. On the other hand, additional oxygen has a negative influence on the produced amount of C2 hydrocarbons. The conversion of methane and carbon dioxide as well as the yield of synthesis gas components and C2 hydrocarbons increases by changing the plasma power to higher values.     

Direct observation of the kinetically relevant site of CO hydrogenation on supported Ru catalyst at 700 K by time-resolved FT-IR spectroscopy

Time-resolved FT-IR spectra of carbon monoxide hydrogenation over alumina-supported ruthenium particles were recorded on the millisecond time scale at 700 K using pulsed release of CO and a continuous flow of H(2)-N(2) (ratio 0.067 or 0.15, 1 atm total pressure). Adsorbed carbon monoxide was detected along with gas phase products methane (3016 and 1306 cm(-1)), water (1900-1300 cm(-1)), and carbon dioxide (2348 cm(-1)). Aside from adsorbed CO, no other surface species were observed. The rate of formation of methane is 2.5 +/- 0.4 s(-1) and coincides with the rate of carbon dioxide growth (3.4 +/- 0.6 s(-1)), thus indicating that CH(4) and CO(2) originate from a common intermediate. The broad band of adsorbed carbon monoxide has a maximum at 2010 cm(-1) at early times (36 ms) that shifts gradually to 1960 cm(-1) over a period of 3 s as a result of the decreasing surface concentration of CO. Kinetic analysis of the adsorbed carbon monoxide reveals that surface sites absorbing at the high frequency end of the infrared band are temporally linked to gas phase product growth. Specifically, a (linear) CO site at 2026 cm(-1) decays with a rate constant of 2.9 +/- 0.1 s(-1), which coincides with the rise constant of CH(4). This demonstrates that the linear CO site at 2026 cm(-1) is the kinetically most relevant one for the rate-determining CO dissociation step under reaction conditions at 700 K.     

脉冲电晕等离子体作用下甲烷偶联反应的研究 Ⅱ.反应添加气的影响

脱氢偶联;脉冲电晕等离子体作用下甲烷偶联反应的研究 Ⅱ.反应添加气的影响     

Reforming of Carbon Dioxide to Methane and Methanol by Electric Impulse Low-Pressure Discharge with Hydrogen

Basic phenomena of the reduction of carbon dioxide to reusable organic materials including methane and methanol were investigated by using a radio frequency impulse discharge in a low gas pressure range without catalysis. The discharge took place under different discharge parameters such as voltage, gas flow rate, gas-mixing ratio, and gas residence time, where the carbon dioxide was mixed with hydrogen at total gas pressure of 1–10 Torr. Organic materials such as methane and methanol were observed. Carbon monoxide was a major product from carbon dioxide. Methane was the dominant organic species produced by the discharge. The concentration of methane increased with discharge voltage, and its volume fraction attained 10–20% of the products containing carbon that came from carbon dioxide. This fraction was also dependent on the mixing ratio of carbon dioxide and hydrogen. We also observed the formation of methanol, though its fraction was low, a few %, compared with methane.     

Novel Ni/CeO2-Al2O3 composite catalysts synthesized by one-step citric acid complex and their performance in catalytic partial oxidation of methane

A series of novel Ni/CeO2-Al2O3composite catalysts were synthesized by one-step citric acid complex method. The as-synthesized catalysts were characterized by N2physical adsorption/desorption, X-ray diffraction(XRD), Fourier transform infrared(FT-IR) spectroscopy, hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction(H2-TPR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) and thermogravimetry analysis(TGA). The effects of nickel content, calcination and reaction temperatures, gas hourly space velocity(GHSV) and inert gas dilution of N2on their performance of catalytic partial oxidation of methane(CPOM) were investigated. Catalytic activity test results show that the highest methane conversion(85%), the best selectivities to carbon monoxide(87%) and to hydrogen(95%), the excellent stability and perfect H2/CO ratio(2.0) can be obtained over Ni/CeO2-Al2O3with 8 wt% Ni content calcined at 700 ℃ under the reaction condition of 750 ℃, CH4/O2ratio of 2 : 1 and gas hourly space velocity of 12000 mL h-1 g-1. Characterization results show that the good catalytic performance of this composite catalyst can be contributed to its large specific surface area(～108 m2 g-1), small crystallite size, easy reducibility and low coking rate.     

Kinetic model and mechanism of the selective oxidation of CO in the presence of hydrogen on platinum catalysts

The reaction kinetics of the selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in the presence of hydrogen on a Pt/carbon support catalyst was studied. It was found that this catalyst exhibited high activity and decreased the concentration of CO in a hydrogen-containing gas from 0.6–1.0 vol % to less than 10 ppm at the inlet concentration ratio O₂/CO = 1.0–1.5. A kinetic model of the reaction was proposed to describe quantitatively the experimental results.     

介质阻挡放电等离子体甲烷/水蒸气重整制氢

采用自制的介质阻挡放电实验系统,进行了甲烷/水蒸气大气压下重整制氢实验研究。考察了水碳比（水蒸气/甲烷物质的量比）、气体总流量、放电电压和放电频率对甲烷转化率及氢气等主要产物产率的影响。结果表明,甲烷转化率和氢气产率随着水碳比和放电电压的增加而增大,随着气体总流量和放电频率的增加呈现先增大后减小的变化规律。在放电电压18.6 kV、放电频率9.8 kHz、水碳比3.4、反应气体总流量79 mL/min时,获最大氢气产率（14.38%）。此外,利用发射光谱对放电过程中的活性基团进行了原位诊断,得到了CH·、OH·、H₂及H_α活性粒子的光谱信号强度随实验参数的变化规律,并结合放电机理推测了氢气的生成路径。     

生物质空气－水蒸气气化制取合成气热力学分析

基于Gibbs自由能最小化原理，计算了包括H2O(l)和C(s)在内的，生物质空气 水蒸气气化体系热力学平衡，对比分析了常压气化和加压气化的特点，通过回归分析得到了不同压力下，气化产物中可燃气体分率最高时的水蒸气/生物质质量比（S/B，Steam to Biomass Ratio）与空气当量比（ER，Equivalence Ratio）的关系曲线，为探讨适于制取合成气的气化工艺和条件提供初步的理论指导。研究表明，相对于常压气化，加压气化体系的平衡温度较高，平衡状态下可燃气体分数较低，但CH4含量明显增加；一定温度和当量比下，加压气化使得气化产物中可燃气体分数达到最高所对应的S/B比增大，即需要消耗更多水蒸气；通过调节S/B比，可以比较方便地控制产物中H2和CO的比例。以常压为例，T=1173K，S/B=0.17时，气化产物中H2/CO约为1.1∶1，而S/B=1.02时，气化产物中H2/CO约为2∶1；不同压力下最佳S/B比和ER有很好的线性关系，温度为1173K时，最佳S/B比与压力及ER〖的关系为S/B=－1.48×ER－4.49 E×10－5×p2 + 5.83 E×10－3×p + 0.32。     

Biogas as a fuel for solid oxide fuel cells and synthesis gas production: effects of ceria-doping and hydrogen sulfide on the performance of nickel-based anode materials

Numerous investigations have been carried out into the conversion of biogas into synthesis gas (a mixture of H(2) + CO) over Ni/YSZ anode cermet catalysts. Biogas is a variable mixture of gases consisting predominantly of methane and carbon dioxide (usually in a 2 : 1 ratio, but variable with source), with other constituents including sulfur-containing gases such as hydrogen sulfide, which can cause sulfur poisoning of nickel catalysts. The effect of temperature on carbon deposition and sulfur poisoning of 90 : 10 mol% Ni/YSZ under biogas conversion conditions has been investigated by carrying out a series of catalytic reactions of methane-rich (2 : 1) CH(4)/CO(2) mixtures in the absence and presence of H(2)S over the temperature range 750-1000 °C. The effect of ceria-doping on carbon dioxide reforming, carbon deposition and sulfur tolerance has also been investigated by carrying out a similar series of reactions over ceria-doped Ni/YSZ. Ceria was doped at 5 mol% of the nickel content to give an anode catalyst composition of 85.5 : 4.5 : 10 mol% Ni/CeO(2)/YSZ. Reactions were followed using quadrupolar mass spectrometry (QMS) and the amount of carbon deposition was analysed by subjecting the reacted catalyst samples to a post-reaction temperature programmed oxidation (TPO). On undoped Ni/YSZ, carbon deposition occurred predominantly through thermal decomposition of methane. Ceria-doping significantly suppressed methane decomposition and at high temperatures simultaneously promoted the reverse Boudouard reaction, significantly lowering carbon deposition. Sulfur poisoning of Ni/YSZ occurred in two phases, the first of which caused the most activity loss and was accelerated on increasing the reaction temperature, while the second phase had greater stability and became more favourable with increasing reaction temperature. Adding H(2)S significantly inhibited methane decomposition, resulting in much less carbon deposition. Ceria-doping significantly increased the sulfur tolerance of Ni/YSZ, however, in the presence of H(2)S ceria did not promote the reverse Boudouard reaction and at high temperatures carbon deposition was greater over ceria-doped Ni/YSZ. In order to further study the effects of ceria-doping, a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) was constructed with a ceria-doped anode cermet and its electrical performance on simulated biogas compared to hydrogen was tested. This fuel cell was subsequently ran for 1000 h on simulated biogas with no degradation in its overall electrical performance.     

Co-Generation of C2 Hydrocarbons and Synthesis Gases from Methane and Carbon Dioxide： a Thermodynamic Analysis

This paper deals with thermodynamic chemical equilibrium analysis using the method of direct minimization of Gibbs free energy for all possible CH4 and CO2 reactions. The effects of CO2/CH4 feed ratio, reaction temperature, and system pressure on equilibrium composition, conversion, selectivity and yield were studied. In addition, carbon and no carbon formation regions were also considered at various reaction temperatures and CO2/CH4 feed ratios in the reaction system at equilibrium. It was found that the reaction temperature above 1100 K and CO2/CH4 ratio=1 were favourable for synthesis gas production with H2/CO ratio unity, while carbon dioxide oxidative coupling of methane （CO2 OCM） reaction to produce ethane and ethylene is less favourable thermodynamically. Numerical results indicated that the no carbon formation region was at temperatures above 1000 K and CO2/CH4 ratio larger than 1.     

Rh/SiO_2催化剂上甲烷部分氧化制合成气的反应机理

采用原位Raman光谱技术,在原料气中的O2未完全耗尽的条件下,对CH4部分氧化制合成气反应的Rh/SiO2催化剂床层前部贵金属物种的化学态以及由CH4解离所生成的碳物种进行了表征.在此基础上采用脉冲反应和同位素示踪技术,比较了CH4的部分氧化及其与H2O和CO2的重整等反应对催化剂床层氧化区内CO和H2生成的相对贡献,并将实验结果与Ra-man光谱表征结果进行了关联.结果表明,在600°C下将还原后的4%Rh/SiO2催化剂切入CH4:O2:Ar=2:1:45原料气,催化剂床层前部未检测到铑氧化物的Raman谱峰,但可清晰检测到源于CH4解离的碳物种;在700°C和接触时间小于1ms的条件下,催化剂床层的氧化区内已有大量CO和H2生成,在相同的实验条件下,CH4与H2O或CO2重整反应对氧化区内合成气生成的贡献则很小;以CH4:16O2:H218O:He=2:1:2:95为原料气的同位素示踪实验结果表明,在原料气中16O2未完全耗尽的情况下,反应产物中C16O的含量占CO生成总量的92.3%,表明CO主要来自CH4的部分氧化反应.上述结果均表明,在O2存在下Rh/SiO2催化剂上CO和H2可以通过CH4直接解离和部分氧化机理生成.