Hydrogen and methane selectivity during alkaline supercritical water gasification of biomass with ruthenium-alumina catalyst
Authors: Jude A. Onwudili, Paul T. Williams
Abstract:
Ruthenium supported on alpha-alumina spheres has been employed as a catalyst for the gasification of glucose and other biomass-related samples in supercritical water at 550 ◦C, 36 MPa, in a batch Inconel reactor. Most of the reactions were conducted in the presence of alkaline additives particularly sodium hydroxide and calcium oxide (hydroxide). In general, over 96% carbon gasification efficiencies (CGE) were achieved in the presence of Ru/Al2O3, while hydrogen gasification efficiencies (HGE) based on result-derived reaction stoichiometries reached 87% for glucose. Both HGE and CGE approached 100% for the sodium carboxylates. Without alkaline additives, Ru/Al2O3 converted glucose into gas product with average yields of 10.8 mol hydrogen/(kg of glucose), 8.6 mol methane/(kg of glucose) and 17 mol carbon dioxide/(kg of glucose), while carbon monoxide and C2-C4 hydrocarbons made up only 1 mol//(kg of glucose). However, when the ruthenium catalyst was used in combination with sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide, the selectivity towards hydrogen gas increased, with the complete removal of carbon dioxide. Similar yields of hydrogen (14.7 mol/kg of glucose) and methane (12.8 mol/kg of glucose) were obtained with CaO and Ru/Al2O3. Reactions of sodium carboxylates (formate and acetate) suggested that the ruthenium catalyst was capable of catalyzing the Sabatier reversible reaction in both the forward and backward directions. The yield of each gas was found to be dependent on the concentrations of methane, hydrogen and carbon dioxide in the reactor.
Keywords:
Biomass
Catalytic hydrothermal gasification
Sabatier reaction
Methane
Hydrogen
Published in: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (Volumes 132–133, Pages 1-552, 27 March 2013)
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN Information: 0926-3373
Hydrogen and methane selectivity during alkaline supercritical water gasification of biomass with ruthenium-alumina catalyst
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