The effect of Zn addition into NiFe2O4 catalyst for high-temperature shift reaction of natural gas reformate assuming no external steam addition

  • Myung Suk Lee
  • , Joon Yeob Lee
  • , Dae Won Lee*
  • , Dong Ju Moon
  • , Kwan Young Lee
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    In this study, the effect of the addition of Zn to a NiFe2O 4 catalyst was investigated for a high-temperature shift (HTS) of the natural gas reformate under the assumption that no external steam was added. In our previous study, NiFe2O4 proved to be a notable HTS catalyst, but it produced methane as a by-product in the presence of such a highly reductive reformate. In this study, we found that the addition of Zn to NiFe2O4 was effective in suppressing methanation as well as in promoting HTS activity. Such improvements were expected to be related to the enhanced redox property of the inverse-spinel species included in the catalyst. To elucidate the effects of Zn addition, inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy (ICP), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), thermo-gravimetric analysis under a CO gas atmosphere (CO-TGA), and temperature-programmed reduction of H2 (H2-TPR) were performed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)11218-11226
    Number of pages9
    JournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
    Volume37
    Issue number15
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012 Aug

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Institutional Program (2E22143) of Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and the Human Resources Development Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant (No. 20114010203050 ) funded by the Korean Government Ministry of Knowledge Economy.

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    Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

    Keywords

    • High-temperature shift
    • Methanation
    • Redox property
    • Water gas shift reaction
    • Zn/Ni/Fe catalyst

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
    • Fuel Technology
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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