Methane tri-reforming over a Ni/β-SiC-based catalyst: Optimizing the feedstock composition

Catalytic and kinetic analysis of the methane tri-reforming over a Ni–Mg/β-SiC catalyst

“…Blank experiments carried out with pure SiC showed the conversion to be negligible. The average error observed in the determination of the experimental catalytic activity, considering the data obtained for the replication of the central point in a factorial design carried out in a previous work [13], was 0.35%.…”

Energy efficient methane tri-reforming for synthesis gas production over highly coke resistant nanocrystalline Ni–ZrO2 catalyst

“…The mixture of gasses produced by the described trireforming process is mainly CO and hydrogen which can be used for molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFC) and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) for the generation of electricity [43,57,82]. The produced H2/CO ratio by the tri-reforming process is mostly in between 1.5 and 2 [24] and the ratio makes the product gasses directly useful for the production of methanol synthesis [83], DME synthesis [84,85] and for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis [26]. The carbon utilization and energy efficiency of the tri-reforming process increases by 25% and 10%, whereas CO 2 emission decreases by 44% as compared to the conventional coal to methanol process [86].…”

“…Now, tri-reforming of methane is a very new idea for the production of synthesis gas with variable H 2 /CO ratio [24]. Tri-reforming of methane is a synergistic combination of partial oxidation of methane, methane dry reforming and steam reforming of methane [25] to produce synthesis gas with a desired H 2/ CO ratio [26].…”

Optimizing the fluidized-bed reactor for synthesis gas production by tri-reforming

“…The results showed that the conversion of methane enhanced by 3.8% compared to industrial reformers in a single reactor. García-Vargas et al (2013) studied the effect of the feedstock composition on methane conversion, the H 2 /CO molar ratio of the synthesis gas obtained by tri-reforming of methane and the heat released or supplied to the system with a Ni/β-SiC catalyst. Lo Faro et al (2013) optimized the coupling of a biogas-fed solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with an external tri-reforming system over ceria supported Ni catalyst (1.75-wt.% Ni/CeO 2 ).…”