• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2015

Ceramic foams are prepared as positive images corresponding to a plastic foam structure which exhibits high porosities (85-90%). This structure makes the ceramic foams attractive as a catalyst in a dry reforming process, because it could reduce a high pressure drop problem. This problem causes low mass and heat transfers in the process. Furthermore, the reactants would shortly contact to catalyst surface, thus low conversion could occur. Therefore, this research addressed the preparation of dry reforming catalysts using a sol-gel catalyst preparation via a polymeric sponge method. The specific objectives of this work are to investigate the effects of polymer foam structure (such as porosity, pore sizes, and cell characteristics) on a catalyst performance and to observe the influences of catalyst preparation parameters to yield a replica of the original structure of polymeric foam. To accomplish these objectives industrial waste foams, polyurethane (PU) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) foams, were used as a polymeric template. Results indicated that the porosity of the polyurethane and polyvinyl alcohol foams were about 99% and 97%. Their average cell sizes were approximate 200 and 50 micrometres, respectively. The cell characteristics of polymer foams exhibited the character of a high permeability material that can be able to dip with ceramic slurry, which was synthesized with various viscosities, during a catalyst preparation step. Next, morphology of ceramic foams was explored using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and catalyst properties, such as; temperature profile of catalyst reduction, metal dispersion, and surface area, were also characterized by $H_2-TPR$ and $H_2-TPD$ techniques, and BET, respectively. From the results, it was found that metal-particle dispersion was relatively high about 5.89%, whereas the surface area of ceramic foam catalysts was $64.52m^2/g$. Finally, the catalytic behaviour toward hydrogen production through the dry reforming of methane using a fixed-bed reactor was evaluated under certain operating conditions. The approaches from this research provide a direction for further improvement of marketable environmental friendly catalyst production.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.372-381
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 $Ni/Al_2O_3$ 촉매를 사용한 에틸렌글리콜의 수증기 개질반응에서 제조 방법에 따른 영향을 알아보았다. 촉매들은 건식 함침법, 습식 함침법 그리고 공침법을 사용하여 제조하였다. 공침법을 사용하여 촉매 제조시 침전제를 KOH, $K_2CO_3$, $NH_4OH$를 각각 사용하여 침전제에 따른 영향 또한 알아보았다. 제조한 촉매들은 질소 물리흡착, 유도결합 플라즈마 질량분석법(ICP-AES), X선 회절법(XRD), 수소 승온 환원법(TPR), 수소 화학흡착, 승온 산화법(TPO), 주사전자현미경(SEM), 열분석법(TGA)을 사용하여 촉매의 물리화학적인 특성을 분석하였다. 773 K에서 환원한 촉매의 경우 KOH 혹은 $K_2CO_3$를 침전제로 사용하여 공침법으로 제조한 촉매가 가장 높은 활성을 보였다. 촉매 제조 방법은 Ni의 입자크기, Ni 산화물의 환원도, 반응에서의 활성과 안정성, 반응 중 탄소 침적의 형태 등에 영향을 끼치는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. KOH를 침전제로 사용하여 공침법으로 제조한 촉매의 경우 환원온도를 773~1173 K까지 증가시켰을 때, Ni 입자크기의 증가에도 불구하고 Ni 산화물의 환원도가 증가하므로 반응활성이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.443-454
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• 2013

콜로이드 실리카와 가용성 실리카를 이용하여 나트륨이 첨가되지 않은 다양한 금속이온 첨가 MCM-41 촉매를 제조하였다. 전이금속 이온인 $V^{5+}$, $Co^{2+}$ 및 $Ni^{2+}$이 MCM-41에 첨가되었을 경우 기공벽 내의 실리콘 이온과 등방치환을 하여 실리카 기공벽 내에서 독립된 단일 활성점을 형성하여 우수한 환원 및 활성 내구성을 보였다. 수소 승온 환원법을 이용하여 Co-MCM-41 촉매의 기공 곡률 반경효과에 대해 검토해 본 결과, 적절한 환원 처리와 기공 크기 및 pH 조절에 따라 코발트 금속입자의 크기를 1nm 이하의 범위에서 조절할 수 있었으며, 이 미세 금속 입자들은 표면 금속이온들과의 결합으로 인해 상당한 고온 안정성이 있음을 발견하였다. 완전 환원 후에도 비정형 실리카의 부분 덮힘으로 인해 금속 입자들의 표면 이동 및 뭉침 현상이 현저히 저하되는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 이들 촉매의 반응 예로 금속 입자 크기에 민감한 단일층 탄소 나노튜브의 합성을 Co-MCM-41을 이용하여 실시하였고, 금속 입자의 안정성 시험반응으로 Co 및 Ni-MCM-41을 이용한 CO 메탄화 반응, V-MCM-41을 이용한 메탄올 및 메탄의 부분 산화반응 및 기공곡률 반경이 촉매활성에 미치는 영향 등을 살펴보았다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.166-173
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• 2006

Catalytic reforming of $CO_2$ by $CH_4$ over Ni-YSZ based catalysts was investigated to produce syngas as raw material of high valued chemicals and develop high performance catalyst electrode for an internal reforming of $CO_2$ in SOFC system. Ni-YSZ based catalysts were prepared using physical mixing and maleic acid methods to improve catalytic activity and inhibition of carbon deposition. The catalysts before and after the reaction were characterized by $N_2$ physisorption, TPR(temperature programed reduction), XRD and impedance analyzer. The conversions for $CO_2$ and $CH_4$ over Ni-MgO catalyst showed 90% but much amount of carbon deposition was detected on catalyst surface. On the other hand, the conversions for $CO_2$ and $CH_4$ over NiO-YSZ-$CeO_2$ catalyst showed 100% and 85% respectively, and carbon deposition on catalyst surface was inhibited under the tested condition. It was concluded that NiO-YSZ-$CeO_2$ catalyst is a promising candidate for the catalytic reforming of $CO_2$ and the internal reforming in SOFC system.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.423-430
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• 2015

$Cu/ZnO/Al_2O_3$ catalysts for water gas shift (WGS) reaction were synthesized by co-precipitation method with the fixed molar ratio of Cu/Zn/Al precursors as 45/45/10. Copper and zinc precursor were added into sodium carbonate solution for precipitation and aged for 24h. During the aging period, aluminum precursor was added into the aging solution with different time gap from the precipitation starting point: 6h, 12h, and 18h. The resulting catalysts were characterized with SEM, XRD, BET surface measurement, $N_2O$ chemisorption, TPR, and $NH_3$-TPD analysis. The catalytic activity tests were carried out at a GHSV of $27,986h^{-1}$ and a temperature range of 200 to $400^{\circ}C$. The catalyst morphology and crystalline structures were not affected by aluminum precursor addition time. The Cu dispersion degree, surface area, and pore diameter depended on the aging time of Cu-Zn precipitate without the presence of $Al_2O_3$ precursor. Also, the interaction between the active substance and $Al_2O_3$ became more stronger as aging duration, with Al precursor presented in the solution, increased. Therefore, it was confirmed that aluminum precursor addition time affected the catalytic characteristics and their catalytic activities.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.559-569
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• 2018

Catalytic supports made of carbon have many advantages, such as high coking resistance, tailorable pore and surface structures, and ease of recycling of waste catalysts. Moreover, they do not require pre-reduction. In this study, ash-free coal (AFC) was obtained by the thermal extraction of carbonaceous components from raw coal and its performance as a carbon catalytic support was compared with that of well-known activated carbon (AC). Nickel was dispersed on the carbon supports and the resulting catalysts were applied to the steam reforming of toluene (SRT), a model compound of biomass tar. Interestingly, nickel catalysts dispersed on AFC, which has a very small surface area (${\sim}0.13m^2/g$), showed higher activity than those dispersed on AC, which has a large surface area ($1,173A/cm^2$). X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis showed that the particle size of nickel deposited on AFC was smaller than that deposited on AC, with the average values on AFC ${\approx}11nm$ and on AC ${\approx}23nm$. This proved that heteroatomic functional groups in AFC, such as carboxyls, can provide ion-exchange or adsorption sites for the nano-scale dispersion of nickel. In addition, the pore structure, surface morphology, chemical composition, and chemical state of the prepared catalysts were analyzed using Brunauer-Emmett-Taylor (BET) analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and temperature-programmed reduction (TPR).

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.496-507
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• 2022

For the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with ammonia (NH₃-SCR), a V₂O₅WO₃/TiO₂ (VW/nTi) catalyst was prepared using V₂O₅ and WO₃ on a nanodispersed TiO₂ (nTi) support by simple impregnation process. The nTi support was dispersed for 0~3 hrs under controlled bead-milling in ethanol. The average particle size (D₅₀) of nTi was reduced from 582 nm to 93 nm depending on the milling time. The NOx activity of these catalysts with maximum temperature shift was influenced by the dispersion of the TiO₂. For the V_0.5W₂/nTi-0h catalyst, prepared with 582 nm nTi-0h before milling, the decomposition temperature with over 94 % NOx conversion had a narrow temperature window, within the range of 365-391 ℃. Similarly, the V_0.5W₂/nTi-2h catalyst, prepared with 107 nm nTi-2h bead-milled for 2hrs, showed a broad temperature window in the range of 358~450 ℃. However, the V_0.5W₂/Ti catalyst (D₅₀ = 2.4 ㎛, aqueous, without milling) was observed at 325-385 ℃. Our results could pave the way for the production of effective NOx decomposition catalysts with a higher temperature range. This approach is also better at facilitating the dispersion on the support material. NH₃-TPD, H₂-TPR, FT-IR, and XPS were used to investigate the role of nTi in the DeNOx catalyst.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.304-310
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• 2010

공침법을 이용하여 구조 조촉매인 $SiO_2$가 첨가된 Fe계 촉매와 $SiO_2$가 첨가되지 않은 Fe계 촉매를 제조하였고, 이러한 두 가지 촉매를 이용하여 $250^{\circ}C$의 온도 및 1.5 MPa의 압력에서 Fischer-Tropsch 합성반응을 수행하였다. $SiO_2$를 첨가한 Fe계 촉매가 $SiO_2$를 첨가하지 않은 Fe계 촉매보다 현저히 우수한 촉매활성을 나타내었고, 144시간의 반응시간동안 뛰어난 촉매안정성을 나타내었다. X-선 회절 및 $N_2$의 물리흡착을 통하여 촉매의 결정구조 및 세공구조를 분석한 결과, $SiO_2$를 첨가할 경우 Fe계 촉매의 분산도가 향상되는 것을 발견할 수 있었다. 또한 $H_2$-TPR(temperature-programmed reduction) 분석결과를 통해, $SiO_2$를 첨가할 경우 $260^{\circ}C$ 이하의 저온 영역에서 $Fe_2O_3$의 $Fe_3O_4$ 및 FeO로의 환원이 촉진되는 것을 확인하였다. 반면 $CO_2$-TPD(temperature-programmed desorption) 분석결과에 의하면, $SiO_2$를 첨가한 결과 촉매의 표면 염기도는 감소하였다. 따라서 $SiO_2$를 첨가한 촉매가 $SiO_2$를 첨가하지 않은 촉매보다 우수한 촉매성능을 나타내는 것은, $SiO_2$를 첨가함에 따라 촉매의 분산이 증진되고 환원이 촉진된 것이 주요 원인인 것으로 생각된다.

• 청정기술
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2019

프로페인($C_3H_8$)의 건식 개질($CO_2$ 개질)을 통한 합성 가스($H_2$와 CO 혼합물) 제조를 위해 $Ni-CeO_2/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ 촉매가 충진된 유전체 장벽 방전 플라즈마 반응기를 사용하였다. 열 또는 플라즈마에 의해 환원된 $Ni-CeO_2/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ 촉매를 사용하여 $C_3H_8/CO_2$ 비율 1/3, 총 유량 $300mL\;min^{-1}$에서 플라즈마-촉매 건식 개질을 수행하였다. 건식 개질에 대한 촉매 활성은 온도범위 $500{\sim}600^{\circ}C$에서 평가되었다. $Ni-CeO_2/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ 촉매 제조를 위해 전구물질 수용액(질산니켈, 질산세륨)으로 함침된 ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$를 공기 분위기에서 소성시킨 후, $H_2/Ar$ 분위기에서 환원시켰다. 촉매 특성 조사에는 X-선 회절분석기(XRD), 투과전자현미경(TEM), 전계 방출 주사전자현미경(FE-SEM), 승온 탈착($H_2-TPD$, $CO_2-TPD$) 및 라만 분광기가 이용되었다. 열로 환원된 촉매와 비교하면 플라즈마 방전하에서 환원된 $Ni-CeO_2/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ 촉매가 개질 반응을 통한 합성 가스 생산에서 보다 우수한 촉매 활성을 나타내었다. 또한, 플라즈마로 환원된 $Ni-CeO_2/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$가 개질 반응의 문제점인 탄소퇴적 관점에서 장기 촉매 안정성을 보여주었다.