Carbon Dioxide Dry Reforming of Glycerol for Hydrogen Production using Ni/ZrO2 and Ni/CaO as Catalysts

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Submitted: 19-06-2016
Published: 20-08-2016
Section: The International Conference on Fluids and Chemical Engineering (FluidsChE 2015)
In 2016: BCREC Volume 11 Issue 2 Year 2016 (SCOPUS and Web of Science Indexed, August 2016)
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Glycerol, byproduct from the biodiesel production can be effectively utilized as the promising source of synthesis gas (syngas) through a dry reforming reaction. Combination of these waste materials with greenhouse gases which is carbon dioxide (CO2) will help to reduce environmental problem such as global warming. This dry reforming reaction has been carried out in a fixed bed batch reactor at 700 °C under the atmospheric pressure for 3 hours. In this experiment, reforming reaction was carried out using Nickel (Ni) as based catalyst and supported with zirconium (ZrO2) and calcium (CaO) oxides. The catalysts were prepared by wet impregnation method and characterized using Bruanaer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Thermo Gravimetric (TGA), and Temperature Programmed Reduction (TPR) analysis. Reaction studies show that 15% Ni/CaO give the highest hydrogen yield and glycerol conversion that peaked at 24.59% and 30.32%, respectively. This result is verified by XRD analysis where this catalyst shows low crystallinity and fine dispersion of Ni species resulted in high specific surface area which gives 44.93 m2/g that is validated by BET.  Copyright © 2016 BCREC GROUP. All rights reserved

Received: 21st January 2016; Revised: 24th February 2016; Accepted: 29th February 2016

How to Cite: Arif, N.M.M., Vo, D.V.N., Azizan,M.T., Abidin S.Z. (2016). Carbon Dioxide Dry Reforming of Glycerol for Hydrogen Production using Ni/ZrO2 and Ni/CaO as Catalysts. Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 11 (2): 200-209 (doi:10.9767/bcrec.11.2.551.200-209)

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Biodiesel; Glycerol; Dry reforming; Syngas; Ni-based catalyst; Ni/ZrO2; Ni/CaO

  1. Nur Nabillah Mohd Arif 
    Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300 Gambang, Pahang,, Malaysia
  2. Dai-Viet N. Vo 
    Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300 Gambang, Pahang,, Malaysia
  3. Mohammad Tazli Azizan 
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan,, Malaysia
  4. Sumaiya Zainal Abidin 
    Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300 Gambang, Pahang, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research in Fluid Flow (CARIFF),Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300 Gambang, Pahang,, Malaysia
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