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Preparation of syngas by reforming of biological glycerol on charcoal catalyst
Author(s) -
Qi Wei,
Xu Qingli,
Yan Yongjie
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
environmental progress and sustainable energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1944-7450
pISSN - 1944-7442
DOI - 10.1002/ep.12388
Subject(s) - syngas , charcoal , glycerol , coke , catalysis , chemical engineering , activated charcoal , materials science , chemistry , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , adsorption , engineering
Preparation of syngas by reforming of biological glycerol on charcoal has been studied in a fixed bed reactor. The results indicated that charcoal was a novel kind of catalyst, which not only had an active effect on the reforming process, but can decrease the cost of production. The syngas yield, glycerol conversion, and H 2 /CO could reach 1.37 m 3 /kg, 76.78%, and 3.04, respectively, at the conditions of 800°C, S/C of 4, WHSV of 2 h −1 . Characterizations of fresh charcoal and used charcoal were analyzed with thermogravimetry, scanning electron microscopy, and BET. The results indicated that the coke from the polymerization of glycerol might be in an amorphous state, which was the reason of the decrease of surface area and average pore size of charcoal. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 35: 1765–1771, 2016