Nickel catalysts applied in steam reforming of glycerol for hydrogen production

Buffoni, Ivana Natalia
Pompeo, Francisco
Santori, Gerardo Fabian
Nichio, Nora Nancy

Open link

Publication date

July 2009

DOI

10.1016/j.catcom.2009.05.003

Publisher

Elsevier BV

ISSN

1566-7367

Journal

Catalysis Communications

Citation count (estimate)

122

Abstract

In order to study catalysts to obtain hydrogen by steam reforming of glycerol, nickel catalysts supported on commercial α-Al2O3 and α-Al2O3 modified by addition of ZrO2 and CeO2 were prepared and characterized. Results show the support effect on stability of catalysts in this reaction carried out at atmospheric pressure and in the range 450-600 °C. The most stable system resulted to be Ni/CeO2/α-Al2O3. Results can be explained due to the Ce effect in inhibition of secondary dehydration reactions forming unsaturated hydrocarbons that are coke precursors generating fast catalyst deactivation. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Fil: Buffoni, Ivana Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecn...