Pure methane from CO2 hydrogenation using a sorption enhanced process with catalyst/zeolite bifunctional materials

Liangyuan Wei; Hamza Azad; Wim Haije; Henrik Grenman; Wiebren de Jong

doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120399

Pure methane from CO₂ hydrogenation using a sorption enhanced process with catalyst/zeolite bifunctional materials

Liangyuan Wei
, Hamza Azad
, Wim Haije
, Henrik Grenman^*
, Wiebren de Jong

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Methanation is a potential large-scale option for CO₂ utilization, and it is one of the solutions for decreasing carbon emission and production of synthetic green fuels. However, the CO₂ conversion is limited by thermodynamics in conventional reaction conditions. However, around 100 % conversion can be obtained using sorption enhanced CO₂ methanation according to Le Chatelier's principle, where water is removed during the reaction using zeolite as a sorbent. In this work 5%Ni5A, 5%Ni13X, 5%NiL and 5%Ni2.5%Ce13X bifunctional materials with both catalytic and water adsorption properties were tested in a fixed bed reactor. The overall performance of the bifunctional materials decreased on going from 5%Ni2.5%Ce13X, 5%Ni13X, 5%Ni5A, to 5%NiL. The CO₂ conversion and CH₄ selectivity were approaching 100 % during prolonged stability testing in a 100 reactive adsorption – desorption cycles test for 5%Ni2.5%Ce13X, and only a slight decrease of the water uptake capacity was observed.

Original language	English
Article number	120399
Journal	Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Volume	297
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120399
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2021
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

The research work is a part of the activities of the Process and Energy Department in Delft University of Technology. The authors acknowledge the PhD scholarship awarded to Liangyuan Wei by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) . We thank Shilong Fu at the Process and Energy department of the Delft University of technology for the XRD, TGA and N 2 adsorption analysis. We thank Ming Li at the department of Chemical Engineering of the Delft University of Technology for the TEM analysis. We thank Mara del Grosso at the Process and Energy department of the Delft University of Technology for the TGA analysis. We thank dr. Narendra Kumar at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Centre of Åbo Akademi University for the contribution to bi-functional materials preparation. The research work is a part of the activities of the Process and Energy Department in Delft University of Technology. The authors acknowledge the PhD scholarship awarded to Liangyuan Wei by the China Scholarship Council (CSC). We thank Shilong Fu at the Process and Energy department of the Delft University of technology for the XRD, TGA and N2 adsorption analysis. We thank Ming Li at the department of Chemical Engineering of the Delft University of Technology for the TEM analysis. We thank Mara del Grosso at the Process and Energy department of the Delft University of Technology for the TGA analysis. We thank dr. Narendra Kumar at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Centre of ?bo Akademi University for the contribution to bi-functional materials preparation.

Keywords

Bifunctional materials
CO methanation
Sorption enhanced
Water removal
Zeolites

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