Ethanol oxidative steam reforming over Ni-based catalysts

Vanessa Fierro , O. Akdim , H. Provendier (1) , C. Mirodatos (1)

1 IRC - Institut de recherches sur la catalyse

Oxidative steam reforming of ethanol for hydrogen prodn. in order to feed a solid polymer fuel cell (SPFC) has been studied over several catalysts at on board conditions (a molar ratio of H2O/EtOH and of O2/EtOH equal to 1.6 and 0.68 resp.) and a reforming temp. between 923 and 1073 K. Two Ni (11 and 20 wt.%)/Al2O3 catalysts and five bimetallic catalysts, all of them supported on Al2O3, were tested. The bimetallic catalysts were Ni (approx. 20 wt.%) based catalysts doped with Cr (0.65 wt.%), Fe (0.6 wt.%), Zn (0.7 wt.%) or Cu (0.6 and 3.1 wt.%). The results in terms of H2 prodn. and CO2/COx ratio obtained over Ni-based catalysts supported on Al2O3 are compared with those obtained over Ni-Cu/SiO2 and Rh/Al2O3 catalysts reported in our previous works. Tendencies of the product selectivities are analyzed in the light of the reaction network proposed.

Domaines: Catalyse

Vanessa Fierro, O. Akdim, H. Provendier, C. Mirodatos. Ethanol oxidative steam reforming over Ni-based catalysts. Journal of Power Sources, 2005, 145 (2), pp.659-666. ⟨hal-00012849⟩