Synthesis and characterization of catalysts for gasification of carbonaceous materials

摘要

The present research program has been directed at the synthesis and fabrication of quaternary metal catalyst containing potassium, nickel, and calcium. These catalysts are then being spectroscopically and instrumentally studied in order to determine their chemical composition, the chemical mechanisms by which starting materials react to form them, and information regarding types of impurities and their levels of concentration in the mixed metal oxides. The objective of these different experimental goals is to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the catalysts such that they can be made reproducibly.