Catalytic partial oxidation of gasoline to syngas in a dense membrane reactor

Wenliang Zhu, Guoxing Xiong*, Wei Han, Wenshen Yang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In our previous work, it was shown that LiLaNiO/γ-Al 2O3 was an excellent catalyst for partial oxidation of heptane to syngas in a fixed-bed reactor at high temperature and the selectivity of CO was about 93%. However, pure oxygen was used as the oxidant. We have developed a dense oxygen permeation membrane Ba0.5Sr 0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3 that can supply pure oxygen for the reaction. In this work, the membrane was combined with the catalyst LiLaNiO/γ-Al2O3 in one rector for the partial oxidation of heptane that is typical component of gasoline. A good performance of the membrane reactor has been obtained, with 100% n-heptane conversion and >94% hydrogen selectivity at the optimized reaction conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)257-261
Number of pages5
JournalCatalysis Today
Volume93-95
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2004
Externally publishedYes
EventSelections from the Presentations of the 3rd Asia-Pacific Congress - Dalian, China
Duration: 12 Oct 200312 Oct 2003

Keywords

  • Gasoline
  • Hydrogen
  • Membrane reactor
  • Partial oxidation
  • Syngas

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