Production of carbon nanomaterials and syngas from biogas reforming and decomposition on one-pot mesoporous nickel alumina catalysts
Biogas, a renewable energy source, is primarily composed of CH4 and CO2. It is a promising alternative to fossil fuels and can be used directly for electricity production as well as heat generation via combustion. Concerns about climate change and a greater emphasis on renewable energy sources have...
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| author | Nissrine El Hassan Karam Jabbour Anis H. Fakeeha Yara Nasr Muhammad A. Naeem Salwa Bader Alreshaidan Ahmed S. Al-Fatesh |
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| description | Biogas, a renewable energy source, is primarily composed of CH4 and CO2. It is a promising alternative to fossil fuels and can be used directly for electricity production as well as heat generation via combustion. Concerns about climate change and a greater emphasis on renewable energy sources have recently increased interest in biogas utilization. In this context, biogas reforming and decomposition (BRD) into synthesis gas and carbon nanofibers (CNFs) is viewed as a new and attractive way of efficiently valorising biogas. In this study, Ni-loaded (i.e., 20, 50 wt%) mesoporous alumina materials were prepared using one-pot evaporation-induced self-assembly method for BRD. Synthesized materials were characterized by various techniques: N2-physisorption, X-ray diffraction, temperature-programmed reduction, scanning electron microscopy, and thermal gravimetric analysis. Results showed that textural and structural properties of synthesised materials differed with Ni loading. High Ni-loaded catalyst displayed higher surface area, pore volume, pore size distribution, and average particle size which is the result of deposition of Ni species outside alumina grains creating thus, surface defects. BRD results were greatly influenced by Ni content with Ni50%Al2O3 reflecting catalytic behaviour similar to those expected for pure methane decomposition. Most importantly, this catalyst was also capable of generating, selectively, interesting carbon nanofibers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-136fe7a41c424c81841c2d7b54c794052023-01-26T04:44:19ZengElsevierAlexandria Engineering Journal1110-01682023-01-0163143155Production of carbon nanomaterials and syngas from biogas reforming and decomposition on one-pot mesoporous nickel alumina catalystsNissrine El Hassan0Karam Jabbour1Anis H. Fakeeha2Yara Nasr3Muhammad A. Naeem4Salwa Bader Alreshaidan5Ahmed S. Al-Fatesh6Petroleum Engineering Program, School of Engineering, Lebanese American University, P.O. Box 36, Byblos, Lebanon; Corresponding authors.College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, KuwaitChemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 1142, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Balamand, P.O. Box 33, Amioun, El Koura, LebanonInstitute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaChemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 1142, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding authors.Biogas, a renewable energy source, is primarily composed of CH4 and CO2. It is a promising alternative to fossil fuels and can be used directly for electricity production as well as heat generation via combustion. Concerns about climate change and a greater emphasis on renewable energy sources have recently increased interest in biogas utilization. In this context, biogas reforming and decomposition (BRD) into synthesis gas and carbon nanofibers (CNFs) is viewed as a new and attractive way of efficiently valorising biogas. In this study, Ni-loaded (i.e., 20, 50 wt%) mesoporous alumina materials were prepared using one-pot evaporation-induced self-assembly method for BRD. Synthesized materials were characterized by various techniques: N2-physisorption, X-ray diffraction, temperature-programmed reduction, scanning electron microscopy, and thermal gravimetric analysis. Results showed that textural and structural properties of synthesised materials differed with Ni loading. High Ni-loaded catalyst displayed higher surface area, pore volume, pore size distribution, and average particle size which is the result of deposition of Ni species outside alumina grains creating thus, surface defects. BRD results were greatly influenced by Ni content with Ni50%Al2O3 reflecting catalytic behaviour similar to those expected for pure methane decomposition. Most importantly, this catalyst was also capable of generating, selectively, interesting carbon nanofibers.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016822005129Biogas reforming and decompositionMesoporous aluminaNickelOne-pot |
| spellingShingle | Nissrine El Hassan Karam Jabbour Anis H. Fakeeha Yara Nasr Muhammad A. Naeem Salwa Bader Alreshaidan Ahmed S. Al-Fatesh Production of carbon nanomaterials and syngas from biogas reforming and decomposition on one-pot mesoporous nickel alumina catalysts Alexandria Engineering Journal Biogas reforming and decomposition Mesoporous alumina Nickel One-pot |
| title | Production of carbon nanomaterials and syngas from biogas reforming and decomposition on one-pot mesoporous nickel alumina catalysts |
| title_full | Production of carbon nanomaterials and syngas from biogas reforming and decomposition on one-pot mesoporous nickel alumina catalysts |
| title_fullStr | Production of carbon nanomaterials and syngas from biogas reforming and decomposition on one-pot mesoporous nickel alumina catalysts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Production of carbon nanomaterials and syngas from biogas reforming and decomposition on one-pot mesoporous nickel alumina catalysts |
| title_short | Production of carbon nanomaterials and syngas from biogas reforming and decomposition on one-pot mesoporous nickel alumina catalysts |
| title_sort | production of carbon nanomaterials and syngas from biogas reforming and decomposition on one pot mesoporous nickel alumina catalysts |
| topic | Biogas reforming and decomposition Mesoporous alumina Nickel One-pot |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016822005129 |
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