Journal
CATALYSTS
Volume 9, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/catal9121008
Keywords
synthetic natural gas; hydrotalcite-derived catalysts; CO2 utilization; CO2 methanation
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Funding
- FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) [UID/EQU/00511/2019-LEPABE]
- European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through COMPETE2020-Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao (POCI) [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030277]
- national funds (PIDDAC) through FCT/MCTES [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030277]
- Project LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION - Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), under PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through ERDF [NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000005]
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In this work, in-house synthesized NiMgAl, Ru/NiMgAl, and Ru/SiO2 catalysts and a commercial ruthenium-containing material (Ru/Al2O3com.) were tested for CO2 methanation at 250, 300, and 350 degrees C (weight hourly space velocity, WHSV, of 2400 mL(N,CO2).g(-1).h(-1)). Materials were compared in terms of CO2 conversion and CH4 selectivity. Still, their performances were assessed in a short stability test (24 h) performed at 350 degrees C. All catalysts were characterized by temperature programmed reduction (TPR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), N-2 physisorption at -196 degrees C, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), and H-2/CO chemisorption. The catalysts with the best performance (i.e., the hydrotalcite-derived NiMgAl and Ru/NiMgAl) seem to be quite promising, even when compared with other methanation catalysts reported in the literature. Extended stability experiments (240 h of time-on-stream) were performed only over NiMgAl, which was selected based on catalytic performance and estimated price criteria. This catalyst showed some deactivation under conditions that favor CO formation (high temperature and high WHSV, i.e., 350 degrees C and 24,000 mL(N,CO2).g(-1).h(-1), respectively), but at 300 degrees C and low WHSV, excellent activity (ca. 90% of CO2 conversion) and stability, with nearly complete selectivity towards methane, were obtained.
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