Biomass gasification is an important method to obtain renewable hydrogen. However, this technology still stagnates in a laboratory scale because of its high-energy consumption. In order to get maximum hydrogen yield and decrease energy consumption, this study applies a self-heated downdraft...

Nanometer magnetic solid base catalysts were prepared by loading CaO on Fe3O4 with Na2CO3 and NaOH as precipitator, respectively. The optimum conditions for preparation of this catalyst were investigated. The influence of the proportion of Ca2+ to Fe3O4 on the catalytic performance has been...

In order to crack the tar from biomass pyrolysis, five cordierite-supported monolithic catalysts with different Ni/Co ratio were prepared by vacuum wetness impregnation. All catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), temperature-programmed...

Effect of iron promoter on the microstructures of CuMnZnO catalysts was investigated by N2 physical adsorption (BET), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and temperature-programmed reduction of hydrogen (H2-TPR). Higher alcohols synthesis (HAS) was performed in a fixed bed reactor. The characterization...

Direct conversion of biomass-derived syngas (bio-syngas) to dimethyl ether (DME) at pilot-scale (100t/a) was carried out via pyrolysis/gasification of corncob. The yield rate of raw bio-syngas was 40–45Nm3/h with less than 20mg/Nm3 of tar content when the feedrate of dried corncob was...

Impacts of H2/CO ratios on both the bulky and surface compositions of an iron–manganese based catalyst were investigated by XRD, MES, N2-physisorption, XPS and LRS. Fischer–Tropsch (F–T) synthesis performances were studied in a slurry-phase continuously stirred tank reactor. The...

The effect of Ni/Mg mole ratio of Ni–MgO/γ-Al2O3 cordierite monolithic catalysts on dry reforming of model biomass fuel gas(H2/CO/C2H4/CH4/CO2/N2=16.0/12.1/2.5/15.1/22.0/32.3, vol.%) was investigated in a lab-scale stainless steel tubular reactor. The results showed that CH4 and CO2...