Cu-Zn-Al spinel catalyst for hydrogen production from methanol steam reforming

ZHANG Kai-wen; LIU Xin-yao; ZHANG Lei; QING Shao-jun; ZHANG Cai-shun; LIU Ya-jie; GAO Zhi-xian

doi:10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2021082

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ZHANG Kai-wen, LIU Xin-yao, ZHANG Lei, QING Shao-jun, ZHANG Cai-shun, LIU Ya-jie, GAO Zhi-xian. Cu-Zn-Al spinel catalyst for hydrogen production from methanol steam reforming[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(4): 494-502. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2021082

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ZHANG Kai-wen, LIU Xin-yao, ZHANG Lei, QING Shao-jun, ZHANG Cai-shun, LIU Ya-jie, GAO Zhi-xian. Cu-Zn-Al spinel catalyst for hydrogen production from methanol steam reforming[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(4): 494-502. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2021082

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ZHANG Kai-wen, LIU Xin-yao, ZHANG Lei, QING Shao-jun, ZHANG Cai-shun, LIU Ya-jie, GAO Zhi-xian. Cu-Zn-Al spinel catalyst for hydrogen production from methanol steam reforming[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(4): 494-502. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2021082

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Cu-Zn-Al spinel catalyst for hydrogen production from methanol steam reforming

doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2021082

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School of Petrochemical Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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Shanxi Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China
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College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinzhong University, Jinzhong 030619, China

Funds: The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21673270, 21763018), Scientific research funds project of Liaoning education department (L2019038), the project of the Natural Science Fund in Liaoning Province (2019-MS-221)

Received Date: 2021-08-10
Rev Recd Date: 2021-09-10

Available Online: 2021-10-08

Publish Date: 2022-04-26

Abstract

Abstract

The Cu-Zn-Al ternary spinel catalysts were synthesized by the wet ball milling method using copper nitrate, zinc nitrate, pseudoboehmite and citric acid as the raw materials. TG-DTA, XRD, N₂ physical adsorption, H₂-TPR, XPS and other characterization methods were used to study the effects of different Cu/Zn/Al molar ratios on the crystal phase composition, specific surface area, reduction performance and surface properties of the catalysts, and the catalytic performances of the catalysts were investigated by methanol steam reforming (MSR) for hydrogen production. The results indicate that comparing with the binary Cu-Al spinel, Cu-Zn-Al ternary spinel catalysts have high crystallinity, large surface area and are difficult to be reduced, which show improved catalytic performance and totally different sustained release behavior. The Cu-Zn-Al spinel catalyst with Cu∶Zn∶Al = 0.8∶0.2∶2.5 (molar ratio) exhibited the highest stable catalytic activity in MSR under a reaction temperature of 265 ℃, water/methanol ratio of 2 and mass space velocity of 2.25 h⁻¹. The findings of this work might be served as basic data for further research of such ternary spinel catalysts.
- ball-milling method,
- Cu-Zn-Al spinel,
- methanol steam reforming,
- sustained release catalytic,
- hydrogen production

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