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REACTION KINETICS MECHANISMS AND CATALYSIS
Volume 108, Issue 1, Pages 81-89Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s11144-012-0503-8
Keywords
Cu-0-Al2O3 composite catalyst; Methanol steam reforming; SHS mechanochemical reactions; Metal-ceramic nanocomposites
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- Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education [PB N N209 145136]
- European Union through the European Social Fund within Cracow University of Technology Development Program-top quality teaching for the prospective Polish engineers
- University of the 21st century project [UDA-POKL.04.01.01-00-029/10-100]
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Mechanochemical synthesis has been successfully employed to prepare Cu-0-Al2O3 composite powders. The formation of the designed compound is due to the self-propagating reaction of CuO and Al-0 powders by high-energy ball milling using a planetary ball mill (Pulverissette 6, Fritsch GmbH). The products were characterized by means of nitrogen adsorption (BET surface area), X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and temperature-programmed reduction of hydrogen. The catalytic properties of the prepared materials were tested in the methanol steam reforming (SRM) process. The results show that the Cu-0-Al2O3 system is active towards hydrogen in SRM. Hydrogen yields are satisfactory; however, methanol conversion to CO as a by-product is observed.
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