Metal micromonoliths for the cleaning of H2 by means of methanation reactions

The present manuscript presents for the first time the structuring of a Ru/TiO2 catalyst that was achieved by means of the washcoating procedure using homemade metal micromonoliths (Fecralloy®) of 1330 cpsi. For this, an optimized formulation of the slurried catalyst as well as a reproducible protoc...

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Autores: Laguna Espitia, Óscar Hernando, Muñoz Murillo, Ara, Bobadilla Baladrón, Luis Francisco, Martínez Tejada, Leidy Marcela, Montes, M., Centeno Gallego, Miguel Ángel, Odriozola Gordón, José Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/179052
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/179052
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2021.04.026
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Selective CO methanation
Structured catalysts
Metal micromonolith
Ru catalyst
H2 clean-up
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Sumario:The present manuscript presents for the first time the structuring of a Ru/TiO2 catalyst that was achieved by means of the washcoating procedure using homemade metal micromonoliths (Fecralloy®) of 1330 cpsi. For this, an optimized formulation of the slurried catalyst as well as a reproducible protocol for the coating of the micromonoliths were successfully achieved. The obtained structured systems were tested in the selective CO methanation reaction and the effect of different variables over the catalytic performance were analyzed such as the amount of loaded catalyst in the micromonoliths, the temperature of reaction, the space velocity, and the amount of CO and H2 within the feed-stream. The study of all of these parameters allowed to establish optimal conditions to maximize the performance of the structured Ru/TiO2 catalyst and subsequently, this was tested under those cited conditions in long-term tests (∼375 h), including shut-down/start-up cycles, aiming to evaluate its catalytic stability. The system presented a considerable stability along the different test without loss of catalytic activity, being specially remarkable its resistance to the inclusion of shut-down/start-up cycles. Therefore, this study lays the foundations for future development of more sophisticated structured systems for the selective CO methanation based on the structuring strategy proposed.