Production of syngas from ethanol CO2 reforming on La-doped Cu/Al2O3 : Impact of promoter loading

Incipient wetness impregnation (IWI) method was applied to prepared 10%Cu/Al2O3 whereas M%La-doped 10%Cu/Al2O3 (Mwt%= 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5%) were synthesized by employing sequential IWI technique. The prepared catalysts were evaluated from ethanol CO2 reforming (ECR) at 1023 K and stoichiometric fee...

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Main Authors: Nor Shafiqah, Mohd-Nasir, Nguyen, Trinh Duy, Jun, Lau N., Mahadi, Bahari, Phuong, Pham T. T., Bawadi, Abdullah, Vo, Dai-Viet N.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: American Institute of Physics Inc. 2019
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37539/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37539/1/Production%20of%20syngas%20from%20ethanol%20CO2%20reforming%20on%20La-doped%20Cu_Al2O3_Impact%20of%20promoter%20loading.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37539/2/Production%20of%20syngas%20from%20ethanol%20CO2%20reforming%20on_ABS.pdf
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Summary:Incipient wetness impregnation (IWI) method was applied to prepared 10%Cu/Al2O3 whereas M%La-doped 10%Cu/Al2O3 (Mwt%= 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5%) were synthesized by employing sequential IWI technique. The prepared catalysts were evaluated from ethanol CO2 reforming (ECR) at 1023 K and stoichiometric feed ratio. Average crystallite size of CuO particle is reduced with La-promoter addition probably caused by lanthana dilution effect that prevent agglomeration from occurring within CuO particles. H2 reduction process produce complete CuO reduction and constant signal is appearing beyond 525 K suggests that the catalysts were completely reduced beyond that temperature. 3%La catalyst identified as optimal promoter loading based on reactant conversions. C2H5OH and CO2 conversions were achieved on 3%La loading is 87.6% and 55.1%, respectively. Carbon was identified on catalyst surface based on X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).