Novel catalyst for the WGS reaction in a Pd-membrane reactor

A Pt/La2O3·SiO2catalyst was synthesized and tested in the WGS reaction. Kinetic measurements werecarried out in a conventional fixed-bed reactor operated in differential mode while the stability test wasconducted in integral regime. The fresh and used catalysts were characterized through XRD, XPS, R...

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Autores: Cornaglia, Carolina Andrea, Tosti, Silvano, Sansovini, Mirko, Múnera Agudelo, John Fernando, Lombardo, Eduardo Agustin
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/22707
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/22707
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pt Catalyst
Stability
Ch4 Selectivity
H2 Purification
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Sumario:A Pt/La2O3·SiO2catalyst was synthesized and tested in the WGS reaction. Kinetic measurements werecarried out in a conventional fixed-bed reactor operated in differential mode while the stability test wasconducted in integral regime. The fresh and used catalysts were characterized through XRD, XPS, Ramanspectroscopy and H2chemisorption. The Pt(0.6 wt%)/La2O3(27 wt%)·SiO2catalyst showed high activityand WGS selectivity, no carbon formation and high stability. After use no changes were observed in thePt dispersion. The catalyst was also tested in a tubular Pd-Ag membrane reactor in order to gauge theperformance of this device using CO conversion, hydrogen recovery and H2production as parameters. Themembrane reactor experiments were performed between 673 and 723 K and at pressures ranging from100 kPa to 800 kPa. The low methanation activity was monitored in all cases. Under the best operatingconditions, a CO conversion of 98% and a hydrogen recovery of 90% were reached operating at 800 kPa inthe retentate side, and at 100 kPa in the permeate side.