Abstract:
CeO
2 support was synthesized by precipitation method and used to prepare CuO/CeO
2 catalyst using impregnation method. The effects of cerium sources (Ce(NO
3)
3·6H
2O, CeCl
3·6H
2O, Ce(NH
4)
2(NO
3)
6 and Ce(SO
4)
2·4H
2O) on the catalytic performance of CuO/CeO
2 catalyst were investigated. XRD, SEM, N
2O titration, BET and H
2-TPR were used to study the structure and properties of the catalysts. The CuO/CeO
2 catalysts with different cerium sources have obvious differences in Cu specific surface area, reduction performance and interaction between active component and support. Moreover, CuO/CeO
2 catalyst prepared with Ce(NO
3)
3·6H
2O has large Cu specific surface area, low reduction temperature and strong interaction between CeO
2 support and CuO and shows better catalytic activity in methanol steam reforming. The methanol conversion is 100% at reaction temperature of 553 K, water/methanol ratio in feed of 1.2 and methanol water gas hourly space velocity of 1760 h
-1. Besides, the CO molar content in reformed gas is 0.84%.