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Effects of metal promotion on the performance, catalytic activity, selectivity and deactivation rates of Cu/ZnO/Al(2)O3 catalysts for methanol synthesis

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN
卷 175, 期 -, 页码 146-160

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2021.08.039

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Catalytic deactivation; Co-precipitation method; Methanol productivity; Methanol selectivity; Promoter

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The addition of Cr and Mg promoters can improve the performance of Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 methanol synthesis catalysts, resulting in larger surface area, better dispersion, and higher methanol productivity. The co-addition of Cr and Mg helps to slow down the deactivation rates of the catalysts and shows regenerative characteristics.
Methanol synthesis catalysts of Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 were prepared using co-precipitation method in presence of Cr and Mg promoters. Precursors were characterized by Air-TGA and XRD. After calcination at 350 degrees C, catalysts were analyzed by BET and XRD. H2-TGA and H2-TPR were used to determine reduction properties of the catalysts. Co-addition of Cr and Mg resulted in the formation of larger surface area and smaller CuO particles by enhancing dispersion of CuO in the catalyst composition. Catalytic activity, selectivity and deactivation rates of synthesized catalysts were tested at 270 degrees C and 3 MPa for 144 h. Mg or Cr addition to the catalyst formulation reduced the methanol productivity whereas the co-addition of Cr and Mg increased the methanol productivity. At 144 h reaction time, catalysts with Mg:Cr molar ratios of 2:1 and 1:1 had the highest methanol selectivities and methanol weight time yields of 97.7 and 98.3%, and 0.53 and 0.52 gtotal methanol production gcatalyst-1 h-1, respectively. The catalysts without Cr promoter deactivated rapidly. The presence of Cr in the catalyst composition reduced deactivation rates and sintering of the catalysts. Deactivation rates of Mg and Cr co-promoted catalysts followed a cyclic trend and possible regenerative characteristics. (c) 2021 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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