Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8): 1521.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20150948

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Activity of Catalysts Reduced by Plasma in CO2 Methanation

ZHANG Yanping, YANG Chunhui, CHEN Pan, RAN Tangchun, LI Jiao, YIN Yongxiang*()   

  1. School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
  • Received:2015-12-10 Online:2016-07-14 Published:2016-07-14
  • Contact: YIN Yongxiang E-mail:hyyx0675@sina.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11075113)

Abstract:

Ni-Ce/γ-Al2O3 and Ni-Ce-LDHs/γ-Al2O3 catalyst precursors were synthesized by impregnation and in situ chemical-growing methods, respectively. These precursors were reduced by Ar-H2 cold plasma jet and conventional H2 thermal reduction. The evaluation of these catalysts were carried out in a CO2 methanation reaction system. The results showed that the catalysts reduced by plasma had better catalytic activity, the reaction start-temperature with catalysts reduced by plasma was 20—30 ℃ lower than that with catalysts by conventional method. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD), transmission electron microscopy(TEM), CO2-temperature programmed desorption(CO2-TPD), as well as X-ray photoelectron spectrum(XPS). The results showed that plasma reduction could remarkably improve the dispersion of active components, the alkalinity of support and the size of crystal metal particles. It was these improvements that enhanced the activity of catalysts in methanation reaction.

Key words: Plasma, Nickel, Carbon dioxide, Methanation, Catalytic performance

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