Oxy-steam reforming of methanol on copper catalysts

Paweł Mierczyński, Magdalena Mosińska, Waldemar Maniukiewicz, Magdalena Nowosielska, Agnieszka Czylkowska, Malgorzta I. Szynkowska

Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis · 2019 · 16 citations · 47 references

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The influence of copper content in the monometallic catalysts supported on the CeO 2 Al 2 O 3 binary oxide system on their catalytic activity and physicochemical properties in oxy-steam reforming of methanol was investigated. It was shown that activity and selectivity depends on the content of copper, its dispersion on the catalysts surface. It was confirmed that optimal copper content was 20 wt% of Cu. Copper catalysts with 20 wt% of Cu exhibited the highest methanol conversion and reaction rate value compared to the rest of the investigated catalysts systems. The kinetic measurements performed in oxy-steam reforming of methanol on 20%Cu/CeO 2 Al 2 O 3 catalysts, showed an activation energy for this system equal Ea (OSRM) = 66.56 kJ/mol.

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