Screening of MgO- and CeO_2-Based Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Oxidative Coupling of Methane to C_(2+) Hydrocarbons

The catalyst screening tests for carbon dioxide oxidative coupling of methane (CO2-OCM) have been investigated over ternary and binary metal oxide catalysts. The catalysts are prepared by doping MgO- and CeO2-based solids with oxides from alkali (Li2O), alkaline earth (CaO), and transition metal groups (WO3 or MnO). The presence of the peroxide (O2-2) active sites on the Li2O2, revealed by Raman spectroscopy, may be the key factor in the enhanced performance of some of the Li2O/MgO catalysts. The high reducibility of the CeO2 catalyst, an important factor in the CO2-OCM catalyst activity, may be enhanced by the presence of manganese oxide species. The manganese oxide species increases oxygen mobility and oxygen vacancies in the CeO2 catalyst. Raman and Fourier Transform Infra Red (FT-IR) spectroscopies revealed the presence of lattice vibrations of metal-oxygen bondings and active sites in which the peaks corresponding to the bulk crystalline structures of Li2O, CaO, WO3 and MnO are detected. The performance of 5%MnO/15%CaO/CeO2 catalyst is the most potential among the CeO2-based catalysts, although lower than the 2%Li2O/MgO catalyst. The 2%Li2O/MgO catalyst showed the most promising C2+ hydrocarbons selectivity and yield at 98.0% and 5.7%, respectively.

Suppressed formation of CO_2 and H_2O in the oxidative coupling of methane over La_2O_3/MgO catalyst by surface modification

Oxidative coupling of methane （OCM） is a promising way to convert methane into C2 hydrocarbons.However,CO2 and H2O are by-products of the reaction.To utilize the higher activity of lanthanum oxide and save its usage,MgO supported La2O3 catalyst was prepared.Surface modification of the catalyst with nitric acid was made to suppress the formation of the by-products.Experimental results indicated that the addition of nitric acid increased the surface oxygen species with binding energy of ca.531.7 eV and at the same time reduced the pore volume of the catalyst.These effects of nitric acid finally led to the increase of C2 selectivity and the decrease of the by-products formation.Hydrogen selectivity was found about 14%-18% over the catalysts adopted in this work.

Influence of alkali metal doping on surface properties and catalytic activity/selectivity of CaO catalysts in oxidative coupling of methane

Surface properties （viz. surface area, basicity/base strength distribution, and crystal phases） of alkali metal doped CaO （alkali metal/Ca= 0.1 and 0.4） catalysts and their catalytic activity/selectivity in oxidative coupling of methane （OCM） to higher hydrocarbons at different reaction conditions （viz. temperature, 700 and 750 ℃; CH4/O2 ratio, 4.0 and 8.0 and space velocity, 5140-20550 cm^3 ·g^-1·h^-1） have been investigated. The influence of catalyst calcination temperature on the activity/selectivity has also been investigated. The surface properties （viz. surface area, basicity/base strength distribution） and catalytic activity/selectivity of the alkali metal doped CaO catalysts are strongly influenced by the alkali metal promoter and its concentration in the alkali metal doped CaO catalysts. An addition of alkali metal promoter to CaO results in a large decrease in the surface area but a large increase in the surface basicity （strong basic sites） and the C2＋ selectivity and yield of the catalysts in the OCM process. The activity and selectivity are strongly influenced by the catalyst calcination temperature. No direct relationship between surface basicity and catalytic activity/selectivity has been observed. Among the alkali metal doped CaO catalysts, Na-CaO （Na/Ca = 0.1, before calcination） catalyst （calcined at 750 ℃）, showed best performance （C2＋ selectivity of 68.8% with 24.7% methane conversion）, whereas the poorest performance was shown by the Rb-CaO catalyst in the OCM process.

CeO_2、CaO助剂对甲烷部分氧化制合成气Ni/MgO-Al_2O_3催化剂结构和性能的影响

采用BET、H2-TPR、XRD、TEM和活性评价等表征手段,考察了CeO2、CaO助剂对Ni/MgO-Al2O3催化剂物化性质和甲烷部分氧化制合成气反应性能的影响。实验结果表明,单独加入CeO2或CaO助剂可以改善Ni/MgO-Al2O3催化剂中镍物种的还原性能,以CaO尤为明显;CaO作为结构助剂可以降低还原态催化剂中的镍晶粒尺寸,使改性的催化剂具有较好的活性,而CeO2对催化剂的活性未产生显著影响。当CeO2与CaO两种助剂同时对Ni/MgO-Al2O3进行改性时,虽然催化剂中镍物种的还原性能没有发生明显变化,但仍具有很好的反应性能,这与CeO2与CaO能够形成CaO-CeO2固溶体有关。CaO-CeO2固溶体不仅与镍物种间存在相互作用,提高了镍物种的分散度、减小了镍晶粒尺寸,还可以提高催化剂的储氧能力和晶格氧的流动性,从而有利于改善其甲烷部分氧化反应性能。

Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Lithium Doped (Mn+W)/SiO_2 Catalysts

Modification and performance of Li induced silica phase transition of （Mn＋W）/SiO2 catalyst, under reaction conditions of oxidative coupling of methane （OCM）, have been investigated employing textural characterizations and redox studies. Stability and precrystalline form of fresh Li induced silica phase transition catalyst depend on the Li loading. A catalyst, with high lithium loading, destabilizes on OCM stream. This destabilization is not due to Li evaporation at OCM reaction conditions, α-cristobalite is proposed to be an intermediate in the crystallization of amorphous silica into quartz in the Li-induced silica phase transition process. However, the type of crystalline structure was found to be unimportant with regard to the formation of a selective catalyst. Metal-metal interactions of Li-Mn, Li-W and Mn-W, which are affected during silica phase crystallization, are found to be critical parameters of the trimetallic catalyst and were studied by TPR. Role of lithium in Li doped （Mn＋W）/SiO2 catalyst is described as a moderator of the Mn-W interaction by involving W in silica phase transition. These interactions help in the improvement of transition metal redox properties, especially that of Mn, in favor of OCM selectivity.

Oxidative coupling of methane in a dual-bed reactor comprising of particle/cordierite monolithic catalysts

A dual-bed reactor was constructed comprising of a 5%Na2WO4-2%Mn/SiO2 particle catalyst and a 4%Ce-5%Na2WO4-2%Mn/SiO2 /cordierite monolithic catalyst.The reaction performance of the oxidative coupling of methane （OCM） over the dual-bed reactor system was evaluated.The effects of the bed height and operation mode,as well as the reaction parameters such as reaction temperature,CH4/O2 ratio and flowrate of feed gas,on the catalytic performance were investigated.The results indicated that the suggested dual-bed reactor exhibited a good performance for the OCM reaction when the feed gases firstly passed through the particle catalyst bed and then to the monolithic catalyst bed.A CH4 conversion of 38.2% and a C2H4 selectivity of 43.3% could be obtained using the dual-bed reactor with a particle catalyst bed height of 10 mm and a monolithic catalyst bed height of 50 mm.Both the CH4 conversion and C2H4 selectivity have increased by 2.5% and 12.8%,respectively,as compared with the 5%Na2WO4-2%Mn/SiO2 particle catalyst in a conventional single-bed reactor and by 12.9% and 23.0%,respectively,as compared with the 4%Ce-5%Na2WO4-2%Mn/SiO2 /cordierite monolithic catalyst in a single-bed reactor.The catalytic performance of the OCM in the dual-bed reactor system has been improved remarkably.

Oxidative coupling of methane over La-promoted CaO catalysts:Influence of precursors and catalyst preparation method

The oxidative coupling of methane to C2 hydrocarbons has been studied over a series of La-promoted CaO （La/Ca = 0.05） catalysts, prepared using different precursor salts for CaO and La2O3 （viz. acetates, carbonates, nitrates and hydroxides） and catalyst preparation methods （viz. physical mixing of precursors, co-precipitation using ammonium carbonate/sodium carbonate as a precipitating agent）, under different reaction conditions （temperature： 700-850 ℃, CH4/O2 ratio： 4.0 and 8.0, and GHSV： 51360 cm^3·g^-1·h^- 1）. The surface area and surface basicity/base strength distribution of the catalysts have also been investigated. The surface properties and catalytic activity/selectivity of the La-promoted CaO catalysts vary from catalyst to catalyst depending on the catalyst precursors used and catalyst preparation method. The basicity/base strength distribution is strongly influenced by the precursors （for CaO and La2O3） and catalyst preparation method. Basicity （total and strong basic sites measured in terms of CO2 chemisorbed at 50℃ and 500 ℃, respectively） observed for the catalyst prepared by co-precipitation method is higher than that of the catalysts prepared by physical mixing method. The catalysts prepared by the nitrates of La- and Ca- and co- precipitated by the solution of sodium carbonate and ammonium carbonate exhibit different catalytic performance in OCM. The finding that no direct relationship between the surface basicity and catalytic activity/selectivity in OCM exists indicates that basicity is not solely responsible for obtaining high selectivity to C2 hydrocarbons.

Effect of Steam on the Oxidative Coupling of Methane over La-Ba System Catalysts

The influence of steam on catalytic performance for the oxidative coupling of methane(OCM) over Ba 2+ promoted La 2 O 3 catalysts was studied. It was shown that the presence of a suitable amount of steam led to a significant increase of the yield and selectivity to C 2 hydrocarbons, a decrease of selectivity to carbon monoxide and some increase of selectivity to carbon dioxide with increasing the amount of water in the feed was also observed. The activity and selectivity of the catalysts are more sensitive to the effect of steam with the variation of Ba 2+ content in the catalysts at a relatively low temperature(650℃). The comparative experiments for OCM with methane oxygen mixture diluted with nitrogen or steam were carried out in order to investigate the role of steam.

NiO/MgO整体式催化剂上甲烷部分氧化制备合成气

甲烷部分氧化制备合成气反应过程具有反应速率快、能耗低和H2与CO物质的量比适用于合成甲醇及F-T合成等优点,是一种有希望替代传统水蒸汽重整的方法.研究在NiO/MgO蜂窝陶瓷整体式催化剂上的甲烷部分氧化过程,主要考察涂层载体、活性组分Ni含量、涂层载体前驱体、焙烧温度和还原温度对催化剂反应性能的影响.采用XRD、H2-TPR和N2吸附等表征前驱体及其负载活性组分NiO后的晶相、还原特性和吸附性能.结果表明,采用浸渍法制备催化剂时,Mg（NO3）2为涂层载体MgO前驱体,在NiO负载质量分数20％、焙烧温度（500～600）℃和还原温度750℃条件下制备的催化剂NiO/MgO-N性能较好,活性较稳定;以NiO/MgO-N为催化剂,在反应温度800℃、n（O2）∶ n（CH4）=0.5和空速9 723 h-1条件下,CH4转化率94.4％,H2选择性99.9％,CO选择性92.9％.

La_2O_3/MgO催化剂上的甲烷氧化偶联

研究了甲烷在La_2O_3/MgO催化剂上的氧化偶联。发现制备过等对催化剂的行为有显著影响。比较了催化剂的反应性能和体相结构,表明在MgO上存在着三种La_2O_3的状态:高分散La_2O_3是最活泼的;La(OH)_3不太活泼;而呈六方晶相的La_2O_3晶粒活性最低。在催化剂中加入Na_2CO_3和K_2CO_3可以改进催化剂的活性和选择性。还考察了反应条件如温度和空速的影响。

甲烷氧化偶联制乙烯高选择性MgO-La_2O_3体系催化剂的研究

研制了高选择性MgO-La2O3体系的甲烷氧化偶联催化剂，并考察了甲烷空速、甲烷与氧比、反应温度等对催化剂活性与选择性的影响，发现该催化剂可适应的反应温度、甲烷与氧比等范围较宽，但对甲烷空速的变化较为敏感。在最佳条件下连续反应了500h，该催化剂的甲烷转化率≥19%，C2选择性＞75％，经XRD、XPS分析结果表明其催化剂物相稳定，催化剂的La在反应中向表面富集。

Nb对Li／MgO甲烷氧化偶联催化剂的助催化作用

Ｌｉ／ＭｇＯ甲烷氧化偶联催化剂引入铌的氧化物可降低活性温度，７５０℃以下便达到最高Ｃ２烃产率．饴与锂、镁有多种结合方式，引入方法对活性测试结果有重要影响．铌不与镁紧密结合且分布于锂、镁之间时作用最好．实验结果分析表明，铌的作用是由于Ｎｂ２Ｏ５的Ｎ型半导性提高了催化剂转移电子的能力，且使Ｌｉ／ＭｇＯ催化剂形成多孔缺陷结构，并通过其酸性作用改变Ｌｉ／ＭｇＯ的结合状态，使活性增加．

甲烷氧化偶联催化剂Li/MgO的结构及表面性质的研究

本文用XRD、TEM、XPS和荧光光谱等方法研究了一组不同Li^+含量的Li/MgO催化剂的结构及表面性质,并与它们的氧化偶联甲烷的催化性能相关联。结果表明,低配位O^(2-)(O_(3c)^(2-))是使甲烷活化的活性中心。O_(1s)结合能为531.9eV的氧物种是对甲烷氧化偶联反应的C_2选择性起作用的活性氧物种。

稀土氧化物Sm_2O_3对Li／MgO催化剂在甲烷氧化偶联反应中的促进作用

讨论了稀土金属氧化物Ｓｍ２Ｏ３对Ｌｉ／ＭｇＯ催化剂在甲烷氧化偶联反应中的促进作用。Ｌｉ／ＭｇＯ催化剂经Ｓｍ２Ｏ３调变后，在７５０℃条件下反应生成Ｃ２烃的选择性由４８％提高到６９％，Ｃ２烃收率可达１７％以上，由于操作温度比原催化剂低５０～６０℃，增长了稳定运转时间。ＣＯ２－ＴＰＤ实验结果表明，调变后的催化剂碱中心数目增多了。ＸＲＤ谱图显示，加Ｓｍ后催化剂结构中有新的未知相生成。与热化学分析数据关联起来推测，该未知相可能是一种多元复合氧化物相，由Ｓｍ、Ｌｉ、Ｍｇ和氧在高温焙烧时形成的。多元复合氧化物的产生可能导致氧空穴的增加，对反应产生有利影响。

Oxidative coupling of methane over BaCl_2-TiO_2-SnO_2 catalyst

The performance of BaC12-TiO2-SnO2 composite catalysts in oxidative coupling of methane reaction has been investigated. A series of BaC12-TiO2, BaC1E-SnO2, TiO2-SnO2, and BaC12-TiO2-SnO2 catalysts were prepared, and characterized by BET, XRD, XPS, CO2-TPD and H2-TPR, respectively. The synergistic effect among BaC12, SnO2 and TiO2 compositions enhances the catalytic performance. The best C2 selectivity and ethylene yield are obtained on the catalyst with the equal molar amount of the three compositions （BaC12 ： TiO2 ： SnO2 molar ratio of 1 ： 1 ： 1）. The optimal reaction conditions are as follows： 800 ℃, 44 mL.min-1 for methane, 22 mL.min-1 for oxygen and a space velocity of 5000 mL-h-1 .g-1, and the C2H4 yield over the catalyst is 20.1% with the CH4 conversion of 43.8% and C2 selectivity of 53.3%.

Reaction Chemistry of W-Mn/SiO2 Catalyst for the Oxidative Coupling of Methane

Reaction chemistry of the OCM reaction on W-Mn/SiO_2 catalyst has beenreviewed in this account. Initial activity and selectivity, stability in a long-term reaction,reaction at elevated pressures and a modelling test in a stainless-steel fluidized-bed reactor showthat W-Mn/SiO_2 has promising performance for the development of an OCM process that directlyproduces ethylene from natural gas. A study on surface catalytic reaction kinetics and used catalyststructure characterization revealed a possible reason why C_2 and CO_x selectivity changed duringthe long-term reaction. Further improvement of the catalyst composition and preparation methodshould be a future direction of study on OCM reaction over W-Mn/SiO_2 catalyst.

Effects of operating parameters on oxidative coupling of methane over Na-W-Mn/SiO_2 catalyst at elevated pressures

The effects of operating parameters on oxidative coupling of methane （OCM） over Na-W-Mn/SiO2 catalyst have been studied at elevated pressures of 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 MPa under low gaseous hourly space velocity （GHSV） and low temperature conditions. Experimental results show that when the operating pressure is increased, C2＋ yield slightly decreases, while the maximum ratio of ethylene to ethane remains unchanged. Moreover, it has been found empirically that increase of pressure does not affect the catalyst behavior permanently, the catalyst recovers its original low pressure performance without hysteresis behavior by reducing the pressure. Under the investigated conditions, when oxygen is completely consumed, the increase of GHSV leads to improvement in C2 selectivity, while C3＋ and COx selectivities decrease slightly. The C2＋ selectivity increases by increase of nitrogen diluent in the feed, but the C3＋ hydrocarbons selectivities decrease with increase of nitrogen since it is possible that further dilution at high pressure may reduce the probability of collision between CH3 and C2＋ hydrocarbons. During the stability test at high pressure, the catalyst performance remains unchanged throughout the 20 h running. The fresh and used catalysts were characterized using XRD, SEM and N2 adsorption-desorption methods. It was found that the phase transformation of the support from α-cristobalite to tridymite and quartz does not have obvious effect on catalyst performance at high pressure.

Experimental investigation of fluidized-bed reactor performance for oxidative coupling of methane

Performance of the oxidative coupling of methane in fluidized-bed reactor was experimentally investigated using Mn-Na2WO4/SiO2,La2O3/CaO and La2O3-SrO/CaO catalysts.These catalysts were found to be stable,especially Mn-Na2WO4/SiO2 catalyst.The effect of sodium content of this catalyst was analyzed and the challenge of catalyst agglomeration was addressed using proper catalyst composition of 2%Mn2.2%Na2WO4/SiO2.For other two catalysts,the effect of Lanthanum-Strontium content was analyzed and 10%La2O 3-20%SrO/CaO catalyst was found to provide higher ethylene yield than La2O3/CaO catalyst.Furthermore,the effect of operating parameters such as temperature and methane to oxygen ratio were also reviewed.The highest ethylene and ethane （C2） yield was achieved with the lowest methane to oxygen ratio around 2.40.5% selectivity to ethylene and ethane and 41% methane conversion were achieved over La2O3-SrO/CaO catalyst while over Mn-Na2WO4 /SiO2 catalyst,40% and 48% were recorded,respectively.Moreover,the consecutive effects of nitrogen dilution,ethylene to ethane production ratio and other performance indicators on the down-stream process units were qualitatively discussed and Mn-Na2WO4/SiO2 catalyst showed a better performance in the reactor and process scale analysis.

Active oxygen center in oxidative coupling of methane on La_(2)O_(3) catalyst

La_(2)O_(3) catalyzed oxidative coupling of methane(OCM) is a promising process that converts methane directly to valuable C_(2)(ethylene and ethane) products. Our online MS transient study results indicate that pristine surface without carbonate species demonstrates a higher selectivity to C_(2) products, and a lower light-off temperature as well. Further study is focused on carbonate-free La_(2)O_(3) catalyst surface for identification of active oxygen species associated with such products behavior. XPS reveals unique oxygen species with O 1 s binding energy of 531.5 e V correlated with OCM catalytic activity and carbonates removal. However, indicated thermal stability of this species is much higher than the surface peroxide or superoxide structures proposed by earlier computation models. Motivated by experimental results,DFT calculations reveal a new more stable peroxide structure, formed at the subsurface hexacoordinate lattice oxygen sites, with energy 2.18 e V lower than the previous models. The new model of subsurface peroxide provides a perspective for understanding of methyl radicals formation and C_(2) products selectivity in OCM over La_(2)O_(3) catalyst.

CFD modeling of reaction and mass transfer through a single pellet: Catalytic oxidative coupling of methane

In this study a mathematical model of a small scale single pellet for the oxidative coupling of methane（OCM）over titanite pervoskite is developed.The method is based on a computational fluid dynamics（CFD）code which known as Fluent may be adopted to model the reactions that take place inside the porous catalyst pellet.The steady state single pellet model is coupled with a kinetic model and the intra-pellet concentration profiles of species are provided.Subsequent to achieving this goal,a nonlinear reaction network consisting of nine catalytic reactions and one gas phase reaction as an external program is successfully implemented to CFD-code as a reaction term in solving the equations.This study is based on the experimental design which is conducted in a differential reactor with a Sn/BaTiO3 catalyst（7-8 mesh） at atmospheric pressure,GHSV of 12000 h-1,ratio of methane to oxygen of 2,and three different temperatures of 1023,1048 and 1073 K.The modeling results such as selectivity and conversion at the pellet exit are in good agreement with the experimental data.Therefore,it is suggested that to achieve high yield in OCM process the modeling of the single pellet should be considered as the heart of catalytic fixed bed reactor.