Open AccessSynthesis of hierarchical Fe2O3/ZSM-5 from natural minerals as catalyst in partial oxidation of bio-methane
Author(s) -
Muhammad Rafli,
Muhamad Faisal,
D. A. Nurani,
Indah Revita Saragi,
Yuni Krisyuningsih Krisnandi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/902/1/012047
Subject(s) - catalysis , methanol , zsm 5 , methane , partial oxidation , yield (engineering) , zeolite , chemistry , oxide , nuclear chemistry , inorganic chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , metallurgy
Partial oxidation reaction of bio-methane as a source of methane using ZSM-5 heterogeneous catalyst modified with iron oxide has been carried out. In this study, the ZSM-5 catalyst was synthesized using the double template method using kaolin and natural zeolite as silicate and aluminate sources. The as-synthesized ZSM-5 nat and the Fe 2 O 3 /ZSM-5 nat catalysts were analyzed using XRD, XRF and BET. The characterization reveals that the synthesis of ZSM-5 was successful and the amount of iron(III) loaded was 2.98 %. The application test of Fe 2 O 3 /ZSM-5 nat as a catalyst was carried out in stainless steel batch reactor with a certain CH 4 :N 2 feed ratio at 150 °C for 120 min. The reaction products were then analyzed with GC-FID to measure the % yield of methanol product. It is found that Fe 2 O 3 /ZSM-5 nat catalyst could give 54.93 % yield of methanol. Although the use of bio-methane as feed with lower CH 4 : N 2 ratio, this catalyst was also active and produced 12.26 % yield of methanol.