1. Response surface optimization of hydrogen-rich syngas production by methane dry reforming over bimetallic Mn-Ni/La2O3 catalyst in a fixed bed reactor.
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Abdel Ghany, Mohamed A., Alsaffar, May Ali, Mageed, Alyaa K., and Sukkar, Khalid A.
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FIXED bed reactors , *BIMETALLIC catalysts , *SYNTHESIS gas , *METHANE as fuel , *CARBON monoxide , *METHANE , *METHANOL production - Abstract
The present work utilizes a response surface optimization technique to optimize hydrogen-rich syngas production through the process of methane dry reforming (DRM). This optimization is achieved by employing a bimetallic Mn–Ni/La 2 O 3 catalyst. The study aimed to evaluate the impact of three key parameters, namely reaction temperature, time on stream (TOS), and gas hourly space velocity (GHSV), on the hydrogen to carbon monoxide (H 2 /CO) ratio in syngas during the DRM. The Mn–Ni/La 2 O 3 catalyst, synthesized using the sequential wet impregnation technique, exhibited suitable physicochemical properties necessary for DRM reaction, as evidenced by the obtained characterization data. Among the five models examined, it was found that the quadratic versus 2FI model substantially fit the experimental data, as evidenced by a p-value <0.05. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) conducted on the quadratic response surface model compared to the 2FI model demonstrated that both the reaction temperature and the TOS had a significant impact on the H 2 /CO ratio in the syngas. The only significant interaction factor was the relationship between the reaction temperature and the TOS. Under the specified optimal circumstances of 15 000 ml/g.h, 850 °C, and 258.15 min, an H 2 /CO ratio of 0.98 was achieved. The resulting H 2 /CO ratio of 0.98 is almost 1, indicating its suitability as a feedstock for methanol production in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS). • The Mn–Ni/La 2 O 3 catalyst exhibited suitable properties necessary for DRM reaction. • Temperature and time had a substantial impact on the H 2 /CO ratio in the syngas. • The response surface quadratic model is statistically significant to fit the experimental data. • At optimized conditions H 2 /CO ratio of 0.98 was obtained for the syngas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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