Continuous hydrogen production from liquid-phase formic acid dehydrogenation over Pd/AC catalysts: a kinetic study

Hydrogen production using formic acid (FA) as renewable carrier has been investigated in a fixed bed reactor packed with a commercial Pd/AC catalyst. For the first time, both FA disappearance and evolved gas flow rate have been monitored upon space-time, enabling the elucidation of the FA reaction p...

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Autores: Martin, Celia, Quintanilla Gómez, María Asunción, Casas de Pedro, José Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/712933
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/712933
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114828
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hydrogen Storage
Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers
Formic Acid
Catalyst Deactivation
Kinetic Model
Química
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Sumario:Hydrogen production using formic acid (FA) as renewable carrier has been investigated in a fixed bed reactor packed with a commercial Pd/AC catalyst. For the first time, both FA disappearance and evolved gas flow rate have been monitored upon space-time, enabling the elucidation of the FA reaction pathway and the development of a kinetic model that accounts for catalyst deactivation. Nearly complete FA conversion and a production of 10 mL min of hydrogen gas were achieved under the following operating conditions: C and τ = 66.7 g CAT 1 h L FA,0 = 1 M, T = 45 ºC . The reaction was found not to be controlled the mass transfer limitations. The kinetic model reveals a first order with respect to FA concentration, with FA disappearing through dehydrogenation into hydrogen and CO 1 2 36.7 kJ mol 1 (E a = 53.6 kJ mol ) as well as sorption onto the catalyst surface without reaction (E a = ). The catalyst deactivation is attributed to the accumulation of reaction species, including FA/ HCOO- (reversibly sorbed) and CO (irreversibly chemisorbed), on the Pd active sites and the progressive decrease in the Pd 2+ /Pd 0 ratio