• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.678-687
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• 2014

The catalytic performance of silicon carbide supported nickel catalysts modified with or without second metal (Co, Cu and Zn) for the methanation of CO has been investigated in a fixed-bed reactor using a feed consisting of 25% CO and 75% $H_2$ without any diluent gas. It has been found that the introduction of Co species can clearly improve the catalytic activity of Ni/SiC catalyst, whereas the addition of Cu or Zn can result in a significant decrease in the catalytic activity. The characterizations by means of XRD, TEM, XPS, CO-TPD and $H_2$-TPR indicate that the addition of Co could decrease the particle size of active metal, increase active sites on the surface of methanation catalyst, improve the chemisorption of CO and enhance the reducibility of methanation catalysts. Additionally, the special interaction between Co species and Ni species is likely favorable for the dissociation of adsorbed CO on the surface of catalyst, and this may also contribute to the high activity of 5Co-Ni/SiC catalyst for CO methanation reaction. For 5Cu-Ni/SiC catalyst and 5Zn-Ni/SiC catalyst, Cu and Zn species could cover partial nickel particles and decrease the chemisorption amount of CO. These could be responsible for the low methanation activity. In addition, a 150h stability test under 2 MPa and $300^{\circ}C$ showed that 5Co-Ni/SiC catalyst was very stable for CO methanation reaction.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2019

The catalytic activity of Ni-0.2%YSZ (Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia) with different promoters was evaluated for $CO_2$ methanation. The catalysts were weighed for mixing and they were dried at $110^{\circ}C$ for molding into disks. The concentration of $CO_2$ and $CH_4$ for conducting of $CO_2$ methanation were analyzed by gas chromatography and the physical characteristics of the disk-type catalyst formed were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer. The addition of $CeO_2$ as a promoter for Ni-0.2%YSZ (denoted as Ni-5%Ce-0.2%YSZ) resulted in the highest $CO_2$ methanation. It also showed catalytic activity at a low temperature($200^{\circ}C$). Following this, $ZrO_2$, $SiO_2$, $Al_2O_3$ and $TiO_2$ were added to Ni-5%Ce-0.2%YSZ to compare the $CO_2$ methanation, and the highest efficiency was found for. Ni-1%Ti-5%Ce-0.2%YSZ Then, the concentration of Ti was increased to 10% and the catalytic activity was estimated using seven different types of commercial $TiO_2$. In conclusion, ST-01 $TiO_2$ showed the highest efficiency for $CO_2$ methanation.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.269-274
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• 2018

All the $Ni-Co-Ce-ZrO_2$ mixed oxides are prepared by co-precipitations methods. Methanation of CO and $H_2$ reaction is screened tested over different fractions of cerium (2, 4, 7 and 12 wt.%) over $Ni-Co/ZrO_2$ bimetallic catalysts are investigated. The mixed oxides are characterized by XRD, CO-Chemisorption, TGA and screened methanation of CO and $H_2$ at $360^{\circ}C$ for 3000 min on stream at typical ratio $CO:H_2=1:1$. In $Ni-Co/CeZrO_2$ series 2 wt.% Ce loading catalyst shows most promising catalyst for $CH_4$ selectivity than $CO_2$, which directs more stability with less coke formation. The high activity is attributed to the better bimetallic synergy and the well-developed crystalline phases of NiO, $ZrO_2$ and $Ce-ZrO_2$. Other bimetallic mixed oxides NCoZ, $NCoC^{4-12}Z$ has faster deactivation with low methanation activity. Finally, 2 wt.% Ce loading catalyst was found to be optimal coke resistant catalyst.

• 공업화학
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.572-576
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• 2012

온실가스인 $CO_2$를 저감하기 위해 Pt계 촉매상 $CO_2$ methanation 반응에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. $Al_2O_3$의 전구체인 AlO(OH)를 열처리하여 지지체로 사용하였으며, 활성금속으로서 Pt를 사용하였다. XRD 분석결과, 활성금속인 Pt가 고르게 잘 분산되었음이 관찰되었으며, 지지체는 gamma phase의 $Al_2O_3$로 존재함을 확인할 수 있었다. 활성실험을 통해 $600^{\circ}C$로 열처리된 $Pt/Al_2O_3$ 촉매가 가장 우수한 전환율 및 선택도를 나타냄을 확인하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.170-180
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• 2018

After $MoS_2$ catalyst was prepared at 1, 30, and 70 atm, the hydrothermal pressure effect over preparation of $MoS_2$ was investigated in terms of catalyst characterization and direct methanation. Multifaceted characterization techniques such as XRD, BET, SEM, TPR, EDS, and XPS were used to analyze and investigate the effect of high pressure over the preparation of surface and bulk $MoS_2$ catalyst. Result from XRD, SEM, and BET demonstrated that $MoS_2$ was more dispersed as preparation pressure was increased, which resulted finer $MoS_2$ crystal size and higher surface area. EDS result confirmed that bulk composition was $MoS_2$ and XPS result showed that S/Mo mole ratio of surface was about 1.3. TPR showed that $MoS_2$ prepared at 30 atm possessed higher active surface sites than $MoS_2$ prepared at 1 atm and these sites could contribute to higher CO yield during methanation. Direct methanation was used to evaluate the CO conversion of the both catalysts prepared at 1 atm and 30 atm and reaction condition was at feed mole ratio of $H_2/CO=1$, GHSV=4800, 30 atm, temperature($^{\circ}C$) of 300, 350, 400, and 450. $MoS_2$ prepared at 30 atm showed more stable and higher CO conversion than $MoS_2$ prepared at 1 atm. Faster deactivation was occurred over $MoS_2$ prepared at 1 atm, which indicated that preparation pressure of $MoS_2$ catalyst was the dominant factor to improve the yield of direct methanation.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.525-531
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• 2021

Carbon-encapsulated Ni catalysts are synthesized by an electrical explosion of wires (EEW) method and applied for CO₂ methanation. We find that the presence of carbon shell on Ni nanoparticles as catalyst can positively affect CO₂ methanation reaction. Ni@5C that is produced under 5 % CH₄ partial pressure in Ar gas has highest conversions of 68 % at 350 ℃ and 70 % at 400 ℃, which are 73 and 75 % of the thermodynamic equilibrium conversion, respectively. The catalyst of Ni@10C with thicker carbon layer shows much reduced activity. The EEW-produced Ni catalysts with low specific surface area outperform Ni catalysts with high surface area synthesized by solution-based precipitation methods. Our finding in this study shows the possibility of utilizing carbon-encapsulated metal catalysts for heterogeneous catalysis reaction including CO₂ methanation. Furthermore, EEW, which is a highly promising method for massive production of metal nanoparticles, can be applied for various catalysis system, requiring scaled-up synthesis of catalysts.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2009

일산화탄소, 수소와 같은 친환경 연료용 가스를 이용하여 메탄화 반응을 거쳐 합성 가스를 생성하였다. 이를 위한 촉매로 상용 알루미나에 담지된 Ni-Co 이원 금속을 증착침전법을 사용하여 제조하였으며 제조된 촉매의 촉매 활성 비교를 위하여 Ni, Co 단일 금속 촉매를 동일한 방법으로 제조하였다. 제조한 촉매를 TEM, XRD, TPR 분석을 실시하여 각각의 촉매 특성을 확인하였고 메탄화 반응을 진행하여 합성 가스 전환율을 측정하였다. 증착침전법으로 제조한 촉매의 경우, 금속 입자가 작은 크기로 분산된 것을 확인하였다. Ni, Co 두 금속이 담지된 이원 촉매는 Ni, Co가 각각 담지된 단일 금속 촉매에 비해 더욱 높은 활성을 나타내었으며 TPR 분석 결과, 이는 두 금속의 공존으로 인한 상호 작용을 통해 활성 수소를 보다 증가시켰기 때문으로 나타났다.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.30-40
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• 2010

Syngas from gasification of coal can be converted to SNG(Synthesis Natural Gas) through gas cleaning, water gas shift, $CO_2$ removal, and methanation. One of the key technologies involved in the production of SNG is the methanation process. In the methanation process, carbon oxide is converted into methane by reaction with hydrogen. Major factors of methanation are hydrogen-carbon oxide ratio, reaction temperature and space velocity. In order to understand the catalytic behavior, temperature programmed surface reaction (TPSR) experiments and reaction in a fixed bed reactor of carbon monoxide have been performed using two commercial catalyst with different Ni contents (Catalyst A, B). In case of catalyst A, CO conversion was over 99% at the temperature range of $350{\sim}420^{\circ}C$ and CO conversions and $CH_4$ selectivity were lower at the space condition over 3000 1/h. In case of catalyst B, CO conversion was 100% at the temperature over $370^{\circ}C$ and CO conversions and $CH_4$ selectivity were lower at the space condition over 4700 1/h. Also, conditions to satisfy $CH_4$ productivity over 500 ml/h.g-cat were over 2000 1/h of space velocity in case of catalyst A and over 2300 1/h of space velocity in case of catalyst B.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.1682-1688
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• 2005

Using the ASED-MO (Atom Superposition and Electron Delocalization-Molecular Orbital) theory, we investigated carbon formation and carbon hydrogenation for $CO_2$ methanation on the Ni (111) surface. For carbon formation mechanism, we calculated the following activation energies, 1.27 eV for $CO_2$ dissociation, 2.97 eV for the CO, 1.93 eV for 2CO dissociation, respectively. For carbon methanation mechanism, we also calculated the following activation energies, 0.72 eV for methylidyne, 0.52 eV for methylene and 0.50 eV for methane, respectively. We found that the calculated activation energy of CO dissociation is higher than that of 2CO dissociation on the clean surface and base on these results that the CO dissociation step are the ratedetermining of the process. The C-H bond lengths of $CH_4$ the intermediate complex are 1.21 $\AA$, 1.31 $\AA$ for the C${\cdot}{\cdot}{\cdot}H_{(1)}$, and 2.82 $\AA$ for the height, with angles of 105${^{\circ}}$ for ∠ $H_{(1)}$CH and 98${^{\circ}}$ for $H_{(1)} CH _{(1)}$.

• 청정기술
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.57-63
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 합성천연가스(synthetic natural gas, SNG)를 생산하기 위한 공정 개발을 위해 $H_2/CO$ 비가 낮은 합성가스를 이용하여 스팀과 함께 메탄화 반응을 수행하였다. 본 실험과 같은 조건에서는 수성가스 전환반응과 메탄화 반응이 동시에 일어나며, 스팀양이 적을 경우 촉매의 비활성화가 발생할 수 있다. 때문에, 스팀 양에 대한 반응특성을 수행하였으며, 더불어 고농도의 $CO_2$가 함유된 합성가스에 대한 메탄화 반응특성도 함께 고찰하였다. 그 결과, 스팀의 공급으로 인하여 촉매 층내의 온도를 낮출 수 있었으며, 메탄화 반응과 수성가스전환반응이 동시에 일어났음을 확인할 수 있었다. 고농도의 $CO_2$가 함유된 합성가스의 메탄화 반응에서는 조금 낮은 메탄 수율을 보였지만, 장기운전(1,000 h) 결과로부터 본 연구에서 수행한 합성가스의 조건을 SNG 공정에 적용이 가능할 것으로 확인되었다.