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High temperature stable magnesium oxide catalyst for catalytic combustion of methane: A comparison with manganesesubstituted barium hexaaluminate

✍ Scribed by M. Berg; S. Jäås


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
497 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
0920-5861

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✦ Synopsis


The activity of magnesium oxide for catalytic combustion of methane was examined and the results were compared with experimental results for manganese-substituted barium hexaaluminate. The catalysts were calcined at temperatures up to l 500°C and the effects of temperature, space velocity and calcination temperature were examined. The catalysts were also characterized with BET and XRD. For magnesium oxide calcined at 1 100°C the ignition temperature (Tm~) was decreased by 270°C compared to the non-catalyzed reaction. For the same catalyst Tso~ was measured to be 795°C. The corresponding temperature for the hexaaluminate was 640°C. The difference between the two catalysts decreased after calcination at 1 500°C. For the magnesium oxide the influence of catalytically initiated homogeneous gas phase reactions was studied by varying the post catalytic volume of the reactor (and hence the residence time in the heated zone after the catalyst). It was shown that these catalytically initiated homogeneous gas phase reactions are significant for the methane conversion.