Dry re-forming of methane to synthesis gas over lignite semicokes catalyst at high pressure

摘要

Dry re-forming of methane has been carried out in a high temperature-pressure reactor at different pressures, using Hongce lignite semicokes catalyst. The results show that CH"4 and CO"2 conversions are decreased as the reaction pressure increased, but both of them kept basically stable when the reaction pressure is between 0.3 and 1 MPa. The comparison shows that the effects of the temperature and the flow of reactant gas on dry re-forming of methane are consistent with between high pressure and atmospheric pressure. The ratio of CO/H"2 decreased as the ratio of CH"4/CO"2 increased, yet the value of CO/H"2 is always more than 1 at different pressures. Hongce lignite semicokes catalyst is characterized by FTIR, XRD, SEM and BET, and the analysis results reveled that the physical specific adsorption peak of CO"2 at 2350 cm^-^1 is strengthened significantly at different pressures, the micropore area and volume of Hongce lignite semicokes reduced form 40.2 m^2 g^-^1 and 0.019 cm^3 g^-^1 to 34.9 m^2 g^-^1 and 0.017 cm^3 g^-^1, respectively. Hongce lignite semicokes catalyst exhibited better activity and stability within 0.3-1 MPa range.