Ni/Ce-Al-O-A Catalyst

Imad Merhej
Mouhamad Ali
Ziwar Moulky
Mouhamad Kaddour
 Preparation method of the catalyst
 Characterization techniques
 Catalytic testing
 Major improvements
 Principal objectives of the paper
 Literature review description
 Preparation (THE CE DOPED IN AL2O3 CATALYST WILL BE
PREPARED BY EVAPORATION ASSEMBLY METHOD)

1 g of triblock
copolymer +1.6 ml of
the mixture solution calcination of xerogel
nitric acid + 2.04 g of
was dried at 60 °C at 700 °C for 4 h with
aluminum
with 48 h in a drying a ramping rate of
isopropoxide + cerium
oven (ethanol was 5 °C/min in air to
nitrate drops in 20 ml
slowly evaporated and obtain Ce doped in
of anhydrous ethanol
then gradually formed
with vigorous stirring Al2O3 catalyst
a green xerogel)
at room temperature
for 6 h
 MESOPOROUS CE-AL-O SUPPORTED NI CATALYST WAS
SYNTHESIZED BY CITRIC ACID REDUCTION METHOD

Mixture of citric acid Addition of Ce-

+ Ni nitrate in water Al-O support with Removal of water by
with stirring for 2 h continuous stirring evaporating at 120oC
at 60oC for 1 h

Calcination of the
Ce-Al-O supported
mixture at 500oC for
Ni catalyst
5 h in presence of air
Characterization techniques

 The crystalline structures of catalysts were identified by Rigaku RINT2000 diffractometer

at an operating conditions of 40 kV and 20 mA with Cu-Kα radiation.
 The specific surface area and pore structure of catalysts were decided by N 2 adsorption.
 The surface morphologies of catalysts were observed by a scanning electron microscope
(SEM).
 The chemical valence states of Ni element in the catalysts were identified by X-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on an ESCALAB 250Xi spectrometer.
 H2 temperature-programmed reduction measurements (H2-TPR) were carried out to
illustrate the reduction behavior of catalysts.
Catalytic testing

 Methane conversion is monitored by changing the CO2, CH4, O2 ratios. When the ratio of
O2 increases, the CH4 increases.
 The activity test shows that the Ni/Ce-Al-O-A catalyst has the highest catalytic activity
among all three catalysts.
 The XRD test shows us that when more coke is placed on the Ni based catalyst it reduces
the catalytic activity. So Ce-Al-O-A has the strongest activity.
 The stability of the catalyst is studied using XRD for identifying the components ensuring
us that we have a compound having stable properties that is simple to deactivate.
 Major improvements

 The addition of cerium to the catalyst increases the catalytic activity and strengthens the
support due to the gasification reaction (CO2 activation) resulting in the removal of oxygen
atoms from the interphase of the support allowing vacant sites to increase the catalyst’s
resistance to coke. Thus will lead to an increasing in its activity, stability and durability.
Principal objectives of the paper

 The principal objective is to design a catalyst using evaporation self assembly and enhance
the activation of CO2 catalytic reforming to detect if its presence is effective towards
activity, stability, selectivity and durability of the catalyst.
 FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS
Usage of Ni support on the catalyst
Increasing O2 adsorption
Literature review description
• Importance of the development of Ni based catalyst to accelerate the process of reducing
CO2 concentration in the air because of kinetic limitations of CO2 methanation.

• Development of new methods and strategies to prepare Ni based catalysts such as

microwave assisted and plasma method

• The additive-modified Ni-based catalyst has the advantages of good reactivity and long
lifespan.

• Ni-based catalysts and CO2 methanation should be placed on the improvement of both
low-temperature catalytic performance and anti-sintering property of the metallic Ni active
site.

• A large number of studies have shown that oxygen defect-rich catalysts play a very
effective role in reducing CO2.
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