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Investigation of alumina supported mixed nickel oxide and cerium oxide catalysts for syngas production


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Wong Yee Ching and M. Mohamed and Y.H. Taufiq-Yap (2016) Investigation of alumina supported mixed nickel oxide and cerium oxide catalysts for syngas production. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 28 (3). pp. 581-584. ISSN 0970-7077

Abstract

Catalysts containing mixtures of nickel oxide and cerium oxide with different ratio, 1:1, 1:2 and 2:1 were prepared by the sonochemical
treatment. The sonication was prolonged for 45 min, constant for each of the catalyst prepared supported by alumina. The resultant
catalysts were characterized using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and temperature
programmed reduction (TPR) in H2. The syngas production was detected using temperature programmed gasification and it was done
under 5 % oxygen in helium. The coconut shell in powder form (3 μm) was used as a feedstock. X-ray diffraction patterns shows that all
of the catalyst was perfectly matched to the XRD patterns standard of NiO, CeO2 and alumina, indicating that the catalyst produce through
this method were in high purity. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy results further confirmed that all of the elements contain inside the
synthesized catalyst were NiO, CeO2 and alumina were produced in each catalyst. 1:1 ratio of catalyst shows the highest syngas production
(H2/CO) with ratio 0.76 followed by 1:2 and 2:1 with 0.62 and 0.44, respectively. Compared to the standard optimum ratio of syngas
which is equal to 1, the experimental value which is 0.76 (nearer to 1), so that it can be used for production of acetic acid and acetyl oxide.

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Item Type: Indexed Article
Collection Type: Institution
Date: 5 December 2016
Journal or Publication Title: Asian Journal of Chemistry
ISSN: 0970-7077
Uncontrolled Keywords: Syngas production: Biomass gasification: Mixed nickel oxide: Cerium catalyst.
Faculty/Centre/Office: Faculty of Agro - Based Industry
URI: http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7559
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