CO methanation as alternative refinement process for CO abatement in H 2-rich gas for PEM applications

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Galletti, Camilla ^a   Saracco, Guido ^a   Specchia, Stefania ^a   Specchia, Vito ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CO removal; Ru based catalysts; Selective methanation

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); REFINING; RUTHENIUM;

RU-BASED CATALYSTS; SELECTIVE METHANATION;

METHANATION;

EID: 37849037634     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1498     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Batista M.S., Santiago E.I., Assaf E.M., Ticianelli E.A., "Evaluation of the water-gas shift and CO methanation processes for purification of reformate gases and the coupling to a PEM fuel cell system", J. Power Sources, Vol. 145, 50-54 (2005).
2. Borodko Y., Somorjai G.A., "Catalytic hydrogénation of carbon oxides - a 10-year perspective", Appl. Catal. A: Gen., Vol. 186, 355-621 (999,).
3. Choudhury M.B.I., Ahmed S., Shalabi M.A., Inui T., "Preferential methanation of CO in a syngas involving CO2 at lower temperature range", Appl.Catal. A: Gen., Vol. 314, 47-53 (2006).
4. Cutillo A., Specchia S., Antonini M., Saracco G., Specchia V., "Diesel fuel processor for PEM fuel cells: Two possible alternatives (ATR versus SR)", J. Power Sources, Vol. 154, Is. 2, 379-385 (2006).
5. Dagle R.A., Wang Y., Xia G.-G., Strohm J.J., Holladay J., Palo D.R., "Selective CO methanation catalysts for fuel processing applications", Appl. Catal. A: Gen., Vol. 326, 213-218 (2007).
6. 2 nanopowders prepared by gel combustion", AISEM 2005 Conference, Florence, Italy.
7. 2 methanation reactions, Chem. Eng. J., Vol. 68, 63-68 (1997).
8. 2-rich gases", Chem. Eng. J., Vol. 134, 45-50 (2007).
9. 2-rich gases, Topics Catal., Vol. 45, 1-4, (2007).
10. Görke O., Pfeifer P., Schubert K., "Highly selective methanation by the use of a microchannel reactor", Catal. Today, Vol. 110, 132-139 (2005).
11. Gottesfeld S., Pafford J., "A new approach to the problem of CO poisoning in fuel cells operating at low temperatures", J. Electrochem. Soc., Vol. 135, 2651-2653, (1988).
12. Gray P.G., Petch M.I., "Advances in HotSpot fuel processing", Platinum Metals Rev., Vol. 44, 108-111 (2000).
13. 2 methanation over Ru/molecular-sieve catalyst", J. Catal., Vol. 60, 57-67 (1979).
14. 3 catalysts: effect of Ni loading", Appl. Catal., Vol. 22, 311-9 (1986).
15. Krämer M., Duisbergb M., Stöwe K., Maier W.F., "Highly selective CO methanation catalysts for the purification of hydrogen-rich gas mixtures", J. Catal., Vol. 251, 410-422 (2007).
16. Interrante L.V., Hampden-Smith MJ., "Chemistry of Advanced Materials: An Overview." Wiley-VCH, New York, 1998.
17. Lee S.H., Han J., Lee K.-Y., "Development of 10-kW preferential oxidation system for fuel cell vehicles", J. Power Sources, Vol. 109, 394-402 (2002).
18. Lemons R.A., "Fuel cells for transportation", J. Power Sources, Vol. 29, Is. 1-2, 251-264 (1990).
19. 3 catalysts", J. Molec. Catal. A: Chem., Vol. 121, 33-44 (1997).
20. McCabe R.W., Mitchell P.J., "Exhaust-catalyst development for methanol-fueled vehicles 2. Synergism between palladium and silver in methanol and carbon monoxide oxidation over an alumina-supported palladium-silver catalyst", J. Catal., Vol. 103, 419-25 (1987).
21. Men Y., Kolb G., Zapf R., Hessel V., Löwe H., "Selective methanation of carbon oxides in a microchannel reactor - Primary screening and impact of gas additives", Catal. Today, Vol. 125, 81-87 (2007).
22. 2/CO as Fuel Gas", J. Electrochem. Soc., Vol. 143, 3838-3842 (1996).
23. Patil K.C., Arana S.T., Mimani T., "Combustion Synthesis: An Update", Curr. Op. Solid State Mater. Sci., Vol. 6, Is. 6, 507-512 (2002).
24. Petrachi G.A., Negro G., Specchia S., Saracco G., Maffettone P.L., Specchia V., "Combining catalytic combustion and steam reforming in a novel multifunctional reactor for on-board hydrogen production from middle distillates", Ind. Chem. Eng. Res., Vol. 44, 9422-9430 (2005).
25. Rehmat A., Randhava S.S., "Selective methanation of carbon monoxide", Ind. Eng. Chem. - Prod. Res. Dev., Vol. 9, Is. 4, 512-515 (1970).
26. 2-rich gas for fuel cell applications", Topics Catal., Vol. 30/31, 475-480 (2004).
27. 2-rich gas for fuel cell application", Appl. Catal. B: Env., Vol. 48, 195-203, (2004).
28. 2 gas purification for fuel cell", J. Porous Mater., Vol. 14, 245-250 (2007).
29. Shukla A.K., Aricó A.S., Antonucci V., "An appraisal of electric automobile power sources", Renew. Sust. Energy Rev., Vol. 5, 137-155 (2001).
30. Somorjai G.A., "The catalytic hydrogenation of carbon monoxide. The formation of C1 hydrocarbons", Catal. Rev. Sci. Eng., Vol. 23, 189-202 (1981).
31. Specchia S., Cutillo A., Saracco G., Specchia V., "Concept study on ATR and SR fuel processors for liquid hydrocarbons", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Vol. 45, 5298-5307 (2006).
32. 2-rich gas for fuel cell applications", ECS Transactions, Vol. 5, Is. 1, 677-685 (2007)
33. Specchia S., Tillemans F.W.A., van den Oosterkamp P.F., Saracco G., "Conceptual design and selection of a biodiesel fuel processor for a vehicle fuel cell auxiliary power unit", J. Power Sources, Vol. 145, 683-690 (2005).
34. Takenaka S., Shimizu T., Otsuka K., "Complete removal of carbon monoxide in hydrogen-rich gas stream through methanation over supported metal catalysts", Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 29 1065-1073 (2004).
35. Wang WJ., Chen Y.W., "Carbon monoxide hydrogenation on cobalt/alumina and cobalt/NaX catalysts", Appl. Catal., Vol. 77, 21-36 (1991).
36. 2 methanation over supported noble metal catalysts in high throughput scanning mass spectrometer", Appl. Catal. A: Gen., Vol. 296, Is. 1, 30-48 (2005).
37. 2-rich gas from simulated biogas and applying to the gas to a 50W PEFC stack", AIChE J., Vol. 50, 2467-2480 (2004).
38. Xu G., Chen X., Zhang Z.G., "Temperature-staged methanation: an alternative method to purify hydrogen-rich fuel gas for PEFC", Chem. Eng. J., Vol. 121, 97-107 (2006).
39. 2-rich reformates", Catal. Comm., Vol. 8, 1953-1956, (2007).