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Low‐Temperature CO Methanation in Oil‐Tempered Plate Reactors by Optimization of Catalyst Activation Conditions
Author(s) -
Schlüter Michael,
Albrecht Matthias,
Sündermann Madeleine,
Rönsch Stefan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201600440
Subject(s) - methanation , substitute natural gas , catalysis , syngas , hydrogen , chemical engineering , biomass (ecology) , chemistry , environmental science , waste management , materials science , organic chemistry , engineering , geology , oceanography
Ni‐catalyzed methanation has been discovered more than 100 years ago. Since then, many applications based on syngas – from coal or biomass – for the production of synthetic natural gas (SNG) have been established. Nevertheless, methanation still bears great potential for optimization. Especially for decentralized, biomass‐based applications, decreased methanation temperatures and pressures are expected to lower the costs of the overall process. Consequently, it is necessary to obtain a catalyst that is highly active under such reduced reaction conditions. This objective was successfully reached by a systematic variation of reduction temperature, pressure, and hydrogen concentration under the aspects of the design of experiment within the catalyst activation process.