The performance of a Pt/CeO2 catalyst as packed bed, coated on monolith and as selfstructured bed has been evaluated during C3H8 oxidative steam reforming. Structured bed, prepared by a new aqueous tape casting method, combining high total porosity (80%) with a self-supported channel structure, offers a better and more efficient control of heat and mass transfer along the catalytic bed, showing, especially at high gas hourly space velocity (300000 h-1), better performance in terms of fuel conversion, hydrogen production and low by-products formation coupled with an economy of the catalyst of about to 43% with respect to the traditional packed bed system.
Structured reactors as alternative to pellets catalyst for propane oxidative steam reforming
Vita A;Pino L;Recupero V
2010
Abstract
The performance of a Pt/CeO2 catalyst as packed bed, coated on monolith and as selfstructured bed has been evaluated during C3H8 oxidative steam reforming. Structured bed, prepared by a new aqueous tape casting method, combining high total porosity (80%) with a self-supported channel structure, offers a better and more efficient control of heat and mass transfer along the catalytic bed, showing, especially at high gas hourly space velocity (300000 h-1), better performance in terms of fuel conversion, hydrogen production and low by-products formation coupled with an economy of the catalyst of about to 43% with respect to the traditional packed bed system.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
