Abstract:
The supported NiO-Fe
2O
3/Palygorskite and Gamma Alumina(NiO-Fe
2O
3/PG-
γ-Al
2O
3) catalysts were prepared by deposition-precipitation and homogeneous-precipitation methods using PG-
γ-Al
2O
3 as a carrier, and different approaches including EDX, XRD, SEM and N
2 isothermal adsorption-desorption were used to characterize the synthetic catalysts. Meanwhile, the catalytic pyrolysis of biomass straw was conducted to test the catalytic activity, the regenerative service life and the anti-carbon capacity of NiO-Fe
2O
3/PG-
γ-Al
2O
3 catalyst in a tube furnace, and to compare with the catalytic properties of single carrier catalysts. The results indicate that the prepared PG-
γ-Al
2O
3 carriers have a high specific surface area of 134.21 m
2/g and the average pore size is 39.65 nm. The active components are loaded uniformly and in a good dispersion over NiO-Fe
2O
3/PG-
γ-Al
2O
3 catalyst, meanwhile, the Ni-Fe alloy and the nickel-aluminum spinel structure exist simultaneously in the catalyst. The catalytic activity testing shows that the NiO-Fe
2O
3/PG-
γ-Al
2O
3 catalysts have a very high catalytic activity in pyrolysis of biomass straw. It could obviously improve the quality of the gas such as the content of H
2 and CO and the calorific value. The catalytic activity, regeneration effect and anti-carbon deposition ability of NiO-Fe
2O
3/PG catalyst are better than that with single carrier catalyst.