Dry reforming of methane over a Ni/Al2O3 catalyst in a coaxial dielectric barrier discharge reactor
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- 23 June 2011
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 44 (27)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/44/27/274007
Abstract
A coaxial double dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor is developed for plasma-catalytic conversion of CH4 and CO2 into syngas and other valuable products. A supported metal catalyst (Ni/Al2O3) reduced in a methane discharge is fully packed into the discharge region. The influence of the Ni/Al2O3 catalyst packed into the gas gap on the electrical characteristics of the discharge is investigated. The introduction of the catalyst pellets leads to a transition in discharge behaviour from a typical filamentary microdischarge to a combination of spatially limited microdischarges and a predominant surface discharge on the catalyst surface. It is also found that the breakdown voltage of the CH4/CO2 discharge significantly decreases when the reduced catalyst is fully packed in the discharge area. Conductive Ni active sites dispersed on the catalyst surface contribute to the expansion of the discharge and enhancement of charge transfer. In addition, plasma-catalytic dry reforming of CH4 is carried out with the reduced Ni/Al2O3 catalyst using a mixing ratio of CH4/CO2 = 1 and a total flow rate of 50 ml min−1. An increase in H2 selectivity is observed compared with dry CH4 reforming with no catalyst, while the H2/CO molar ratio significantly increases from 0.84 to 2.53 when the catalyst is present.Keywords
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