2023-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS2023 Volume 15. Intl. Symp on Advanced Materials and Modelling of Complex Materials

Editors:F. Kongoli, F. Marquis, N. Chikhradze, T. Prikhna, O. Adiguzel, E. Aifantis, R. Das, P. Trovalusci
Publisher:Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:2023
Pages:288 pages
ISBN:978-1-998384-00-6 (CD)
ISSN:2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series)
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    CLAY-BASED CATALYST SUPPORT FOR MICROCHANNEL REACTORS

    Grover Coors1;
    1HYDROGEN HELIX, GOLDEN, Colorado, United States;
    Type of Paper: Keynote
    Id Paper: 274
    Topic: 43

    Abstract:

    Porous bulbs made from slip-cast kaolin as catalyst supports for microchannel reactors are described. The platelike surfaces of the naturally occurring kaolinite mineral are decorated with catalyst by infiltration with metal salts, decomposed and reduced in situ for nucleation and growth. 

    The process of making the ceramic bulbs with nanoparticles using nickel acetate is described in detail. High catalyst loading up to 75 mg/cm3 was achieved, giving on the order of 1015 25 nm nanoparticles per cm3 with high total surface area on the order of 2 x 106 m2/m3, making these catalytic membranes competitive with the best microchannel reactors. 

    The microstructure of ceramic bulbs made from two different types of clays, before and after nickel infusion is investigated, and the gas permeation flux as a function of applied differential pressure is presented.

    Keywords:

    kaolin; kaolinite; porous catalyst support; microchannel reactor; steam reforming; nickel catalyst

    References:

    [1] W. David Kingery; Pamela B. Vandiver. Ceramic Masterpieces – Art, Structure and Technology; The Free Press a division of MacMillan, Inc.: 866 Third Ave, New York, NY, 1986; p. 244.
    [2] Haydn H. Murray. Applied Clay Mineralogy – Occurrences, Processing and Application of Kaolins, Bentonites, Palygorskite Sepiolite and Common Clays, Developments in Clay Science 2, 1st ed., Elsevier B.V.: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2007.
    [3] Hewitt Wilson, Ceramics Clay Technology, 1st ed. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. New York and London, 1927
    [4] Lopez, E., Divins, N.J., Anzola, A., Schbib, S., Borio, D., Llorca, J.; Ethanol steam reforming for hydrogen generation over structured catalysts. I. J. Hyd. Energy, 2013, 38, 4418-4428
    [5] Ricote, S.; Coors, W.G. Ni-Infiltrated Spherical Porcelain Support as Potential Steam Reforming Microchannel Reactor. Materials 2023, 16, 1519. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16041519

    Cite this article as:

    Coors G. (2023). CLAY-BASED CATALYST SUPPORT FOR MICROCHANNEL REACTORS. In F. Kongoli, F. Marquis, N. Chikhradze, T. Prikhna, O. Adiguzel, E. Aifantis, R. Das, P. Trovalusci (Eds.), Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit Volume 15 Intl. Symp on Advanced Materials and Modelling of Complex Materials (pp. 247-248). Montreal, Canada: FLOGEN Star Outreach