Study of methane autothermal reforming catalyst

The effects of Ce-ZrOx, Ce-LaOx, Ce-SmOx and Ce-GdOx additions to Rh/Al2O3 catalysts on methane autothermal re-forming were investigated. Activity tests showed that the addition of Ce-ZrOx could significantly reduce the concentration of CO in reformats. When Ce/Zr atomic ratio was 1:1, Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 solid solution with high thermal stability was obtained, which could effectively improve the catalytic performance effectively. The additives of alkaline-earth metals (Mg, K and Ca) on the catalytic properties were also studied. The results of experiments showed that the addition of MgO to Rh/Ce0.5Zr0.5O2/Al2O3 improved the stable performance and the carbon resistance of the catalyst. The optimized catalyst was 0.1%Rh/2.0%MgO/40%Ce0.5Zr0.5O2/Al2O3, which showed a highly stable performance for methane autothermal reforming.