A combined theoretical and experimental study of the effects of residual chlorine on the behavior of Pd/γ-Al2O3 catalysts for methane oxidation

✍ Scribed by G Tonetto; M.L Ferreira; D.E Damiani

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 421 KB
• Volume: 171
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1381-1169
• DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1169(01)00078-4

✦ Synopsis

Studies of the methane oxidation on Pd/␥-Al 2 O 3 catalysts with and without chloride were made. The reaction was investigated at temperatures in the range 20-500 • C using stoichiometric reactant mixture. Dissociation of methane and oxygen and desorption of carbon dioxide and water on Pd catalysts have been investigated using a Molecular Orbital approach of the Extended Hückel type, including repulsion terms.