| Title: | Autothermal Reforming of Volatile Organic Compounds to Hydrogen-Rich Gas |
| Author(s): | Bian C; Huang J; Zhong B; Zheng Z; Dang D; Okafor OC; Liu Y; Wang T; |
| Address: | "School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY 14814, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.3390/molecules28020752 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1420-3049 (Electronic) 1420-3049 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Industrial emissions of volatile organic compounds are urgently addressed for their toxicity and carcinogenicity to humans. Developing efficient and eco-friendly reforming technology of volatile organic compounds is important but still a great challenge. A promising strategy is to generate hydrogen-rich gas for solid oxide fuel cells by autothermal reforming of VOCs. In this study, we found a more desirable commercial catalyst (NiO/K(2)O-gamma-Al(2)O(3)) for the autothermal reforming of VOCs. The performance of autothermal reforming of toluene as a model compound over a NiO/K(2)O-gamma-Al(2)O(3) catalyst fitted well with the simulation results at the optimum operating conditions calculated based on a simulation using Aspen PlusV11.0 software. Furthermore, the axial temperature distribution of the catalyst bed was monitored during the reaction, which demonstrated that the reaction system was self-sustaining. Eventually, actual volatile organic compounds from the chemical factory (C(9), C(10), toluene, paraxylene, diesel, benzene, kerosene, raffinate oil) were completely reformed over NiO/K(2)O-gamma-Al(2)O(3). Reducing emissions of VOCs and generating hydrogen-rich gas as a fuel from the autothermal reforming of VOCs is a promising strategy" |
| Keywords: | VOCs autothermal reforming hydrogen nickel-based catalyst; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEBian, Chao Huang, Jiazhun Zhong, Biqi Zheng, Zefeng Dang, Dai Okafor, Obiefuna C Liu, Yujia Wang, Tiejun eng U21A20288/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ 22008036/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ Switzerland 2023/01/22 Molecules. 2023 Jan 11; 28(2):752. doi: 10.3390/molecules28020752" |
