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| Author(s): |
Francielle Candian Firmino Marcos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2016-06-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Elisabete Moreira Assaf;
Dilson Cardoso;
Marco André Fraga;
Laudemir Carlos Varanda
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| Advisor: | Elisabete Moreira Assaf |
| Abstract | |
Syngas, a gas mixture produced from biogas generated in the anaerobic treatment of wastewaters, and carbon dioxide (CO2), a biogas constituent, are promising feedstocks for obtaining value-added chemicals known as C2-C4 products, which include ethylene, propylene, butane, methanol, and dimethyl ether (DME). In this work, Cu catalysts supported on pillared clay were studied aiming at producing C2-C4 compounds from hydrogenation of CO and CO2. The studies were conducted toward optimizing the catalysts performance both for Fischer-Tropsch process and direct synthesis of DME. First, the effect of Al and Nb pillared agents on the conversion of methanol to C2-C4 products was evaluated. The pillared agent was selected and further used to evaluate the Cu content (5 to 10 wt.%) effect on the bifunctional CuZn/V Al-PILC catalyst. Finally, the addition of Ce, Nb, Fe and/or Co (5 wt.%) to the 10 wt.% Cu-containing catalyst supported on V-Al PILC pillared clay was studied. The methanol conversion was performed in the temperature range 250 - 400 °C for 2 h under flow of 1.1 mL h-1. The CO and CO2 hydrogenation reactions were carried out at 250 °C and 300 °C, respectively, for 3 h and P = 40 bar using ratios H2/CO = 2 and H2/CO2 = 3. The catalysts were characterized by means of in situ and ex situ X-ray diffraction (XRD), Rietveld refinement, N2 physisorption, chemical composition analysis (EDX), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), temperature-programmed reduction (TPR-H2), Cu oxidation with N2O (TPD-N2O) pyridine adsorption-FTIR spectroscopy (FTIR-Py), temperature-programmed NH3 desorption (TPD-NH3), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The pillaring process along with impregnation of Cu with Zn, Ce, Nb, Fe and/or Co produced catalysts with different structural and acidity properties, which favored the conversion of CO and CO2 into C2 -C4 products. The bimetallic CuFe/V-Al-PILC catalyst presented the highest catalytic activity on the CO and CO2 hydrogenation reactions, and best selectivity for DME synthesis. The low selectivity for obtaining DME was revealed to be most likely due to low total acid sites density of catalysts and high experimental spatial velocity. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/17957-3 - Study of metal catalysts supported on pillared clays for the production of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas. |
| Grantee: | Francielle Candian Firmino Marcos |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |