Promoting effect of Zr on the catalytic combustion of methane over Pd/γ-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalyst

doi:10.1007/s11783-013-0613-1

Front.Environ.Sci.Eng.

2014, Vol. 8

Issue (5) : 659-665 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-013-0613-1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Promoting effect of Zr on the catalytic combustion of methane over Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst

Hongbo NA¹,Tianle ZHU^1,^*(

),Zhiming LIU^2,^*(

),Yifei SUN¹

1. School of Chemistry and Environment, Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
2. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

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Abstract

The effect of Zr on the catalytic performance of Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ for the methane combustion was investigated. The results show that the addition of Zr can improve the activity and stability of Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst, which, based on the catalyst characterization (N₂ adsorption, XRD, CO-Chemisorption, XPS, CH₄-TPR and O₂-TPO), is ascribed to the interaction between Pd and Zr. The active phase of methane combustion over supported palladium catalyst is the Pd⁰/Pd²⁺ mixture. Zr addition inhibits Pd aggregation and enhances the redox properties of active phase Pd⁰/ Pd²⁺. H₂ reduction could effectively reduce the oxidation degree of Pd species and regenerate the active sites (Pd⁰/ Pd²⁺).

Keywords Pd-Zr/Al₂O₃ methane catalytic combustion catalyst regeneration

Corresponding Author(s): Tianle ZHU

Issue Date: 20 June 2014

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Hongbo NA,Tianle ZHU,Zhiming LIU, et al. Promoting effect of Zr on the catalytic combustion of methane over Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst[J]. Front.Environ.Sci.Eng., 2014, 8(5): 659-665.

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Fig.1 Methane conversion over Zr/γ-Al₂O₃, Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ and Pd-Zr/γ-Al₂O₃ as a function of temperature

Tab.1 Catalytic activities of Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ and Pd-Zr/γ-Al₂O₃ for methane combustion

Fig.2 Methane conversion over Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ and Pd-Zr/γ-Al₂O₃ under isothermal conditions (320°C) versus time, the arrows correspond to the regeneration methods

Fig.3 XRD patterns of of fresh γ-Al₂O₃, Zr/γ-Al₂O₃, Pd/γ-Al₂O₃, Pd-Zr/γ-Al₂O₃

Fig.4 TEM, HR-TEM micrographs of Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ (fresh: 4(a) and 4(b); aged: 4(e) and 4(f)) and Pd-Zr/γ-Al₂O₃ (fresh: 4(c) and 4(d); aged: 4(g) and 4(h))

Tab.2 Chemical and physical properties of the catalysts

Fig.5 XPS spectra of Pd 3d over Pd/γ-Al₂O₃, as fresh, and after 30 h aged treatment under combustion of methane conditions, and then regenerated by R[H]

Fig.6 CH₄-TPR profiles of Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ and Pd-Zr/γ-Al₂O₃

Fig.7 O₂-TPO profiles of Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ and Pd-Zr/γ-Al₂O₃

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