Perspective of catalysts for (Tri) reforming of natural gas and flue gas rich in CO2

摘要

Natural gas is an attractive feedstock for the synthesis of fuels and chemicals, currently derived from petroleum. The increasing global demand for more environment friendly processes and materials is a motivation to look for natural gas chemical conversion technologies. Carbon dioxide is a gaseous compound, which is also considered to be one of the main contributor to greenhouse effects. Methane tri-reforming is an important way for CO2 utilization aiming at hydrogen and syngas production, without separation of carbon dioxide. One expects that the tri-reforming process decreases the greenhouse gas emission. The main challenges in bringing this reforming technology to practice rest in catalysts development and the understanding of the reaction mechanisms for kinetic modeling and process optimization. What can be done?