An alumina-supported nickel catalyst was prepared by impregnation of Ni2+ solution onto mesoporous alumina under microwave irradiation (denoted as M-Ni/Al2O3). For comparison, a catalyst with the same nickel content was prepared by conventional impregnation method (denoted as UM-Ni/Al2O3). Both M-Ni/Al2O3 and UM-Ni/Al2O3 catalysts were applied to the syngas (H2 + CO) production by methane oxy-s...

CO-free hydrogen is produced by the reversible cyclic stepwise steam reforming of methane for use in fuel cells and other processes that are sensitive to CO poisoning. The process consists of two steps involving the decomposition of methane in a first step followed by steam gasification of the surface carbon in a second step. The ease of carbon removal in step II is strongly dependent on temper...

CO2 reforming of methane (CRM) over unpromoted and potassium promoted Ni/Al2O3 catalysts was studied. The catalysts were prepared by impregnation method and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption (BET), temperature programmed reduction (TPR), temperature programmed oxidation (TPO) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) techniques. The obtained results showed that addition of K2...

The possibility of optimizing the composition and the structures of the nickel catalysts and the pretreatment and reaction conditions for carbon dioxide reforming with methane is investigated. The optimum catalyst and the pretreatment and reaction conditions are determined employing the orthogonal and uniform design methods. The optimum nickel catalyst gives promising catalytic performance in t...

Ultra-thin, high performance composite palladium membrane, developed via a novel electroless plating method, was applied to construct a membrane reactor for methane steam reforming reaction, which was investigated under the following working conditions: temperature 723–823 K, pressure 300–900 kPa, gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) 4000–8000 mL g 1 cat h , steam-to-carbon feed ratio (S/C, mol/mol...

Dry reforming of methane for the production of hydrogen and syngas has attracted much attention from both industrial and environmental aspects. The major problem encountered in the application of this process is the rapid deactivation of the catalyst, which is mainly due to coke accumulation and sintering of the catalyst. As an alternative to reduce the coke formation, the combination of CO2 re...

This Special Issue, entitled “Methane Reforming Processes”, of the MDPI journal Processes, embraces wide-ranging aspects interest in exploitation methane reforming reactions and related chemical species, from a point view that aligns with scope this open access [...]

Three conventional and novel hydrogen and liquid fuel production schemes, i.e. steam methane reforming (SMR), solar SMR, and hybrid solar-redox processes are investigated in the current study. H2 (and liquid fuel) productivity, energy conversion efficiency, and associated CO2 emissions are evaluated based on a consistent set of process conditions and assumptions. The conventional SMR is estimat...

The activity of Ni supported on mesoporous SBA-15, MCM-41, KIT-6, and a sol-gel prepared Ni/γAl2O3, for catalysing methane dry reforming was investigated. The chemical and physical characteristics of the catalysts before and after catalytic testing were investigated using X-Ray diffraction, X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy / Energy...

The partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas was investigated in a novel type of perm selective membrane reactor using Perowskite hollow fibers. The operating behaviour of this membrane reactor integrating the process steps selective separation of oxygen from air, selective O2 transfer in the membrane and oxidation of methane with simultaneous steam reforming was investigated theoretically...