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1Departmentof Chemistry and Centre for Surface Analysis and Research, Hong
Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
catalyst
CO2 reforming :
CH4 + CO2 2CO +2H2 Synthesis gas
Steam reforming:
CH4 + H2O CO + 3H2 Synthesis gas
Coupling reaction:
CH4 + CH4 C2H6 + etc
Aromatization:
nCH4 C6H6 , C10H8 +
Background
Numerous studies on CH4/CO2 reforming reaction using
Ni-based catalysts.
cat.
CH4 + CO2 2CO +2H2 Synthesis gas
Laser system:
r
n
r= H2 O
n
n= CH4
n
n
n
2000 ms
1500 ms
1000 ms
500 ms
J = 6, Ka = 2, Kc= 4
Results
CEA spectra of CH4 and H2O obtained at different pulsing rate (of
CH4/CO2 reaction. (Temperature = 700 oC)
r
n
r= H2 O
n
n= CH4
n
n
n
2000 ms
1500 ms
1000 ms
500 ms
n CH4 r
r H2 O n
n
n 225 min
After long
95 min reaction time,
deactivation of
15 min catalyst
0 min
(a) (b)
Conclusion and Future work
CO2 CO CO2 o
700 C
o
600 C
Signal
o
500 C
o
400 C
CO2 CO2
room temp.