Performance and mechanism of low-concentration CH4 catalytic combustion based on composite oxides of Cu-Ce
ZHANG Chenhang, DOU Baojuan, TENG Zihao, WU Liangkai, HAO Qinglan, BIN Feng
我国每年通过乏风瓦斯排放大量CH4,造成严重的大气环境污染。催化燃烧法因其工作温度低、效率高,被认为是去除甲烷的有效途径之一。采用溶胶凝胶法制备了CuO-CeO2、CuO和CeO2三种催化剂,考察CH4在(1% CH4,78% N2和21% O2)气氛下的催化燃烧活性,并利用XRD、XPS、H2-TPR、O2-TPD等技术对催化剂的物理结构和表面性质进行表征。结果表明,Ce离子不但促进Cu物种在催化剂表面高度分散,并且其三价(Ce3+)和四价(Ce4+)之间转换提高了催化剂储放氧能力,有利于CuO-CeO2提高催化剂活性。通过催化剂活性评价,得出3种催化剂的活性顺序为CuO-CeO2>CuO>CeO2,再对活性最高的CuO-CeO2催化剂开展分压反应动力学研究,确定甲烷在不同氧气/甲烷分压比下的反应速率,表明吸附的CH4与吸附的O2发生反应,CH4在催化剂表面的氧化反应遵循L-H机理。基于原位红外光谱分析,提出了甲烷在CuO-CeO2催化剂上的微观反应机理:CH4吸附在CuO-CeO2表面,再与CuO-CeO2反应生成中间产物甲氧基物质(Cu-OCH3)和甲酸盐物质(Cu-OOCH),最后中间产物分解生成CO2和H2O,以达到完全氧化反应的目的。
A large quantity of CH4 is discharged from exhaust gas in China every year, which causes serious environmental pollution of atmosphere. Catalytic combustion is considered as one of the most effective ways to remove methane due to its low operating temperature and high efficiency. Herein, three catalysts, CuO-CeO2, CuO and CeO2, were prepared by sol-gel method to investigate the catalytic combustion activity of CH4 under (1% CH4, 78% N2 and 21% O2) atmosphere. The physical structure and surface properties were characterized using XRD, XPS, H2-TPR and O2-TPD techniques, etc. The results show that Ce ions not only promote the dispersion of Cu on the catalyst surface, but also the conversion between trivalent (Ce3+) and tetravalent (Ce4+) improves the oxygen storage and release capacity of the catalyst, which is beneficial for CuO-CeO2 to improve the catalyst activity. The evaluation of catalyst activity provides evidence that the activity order of the three catalysts follows the order CuO-CeO2>CuO>CeO2. Then, the most active CuO-CeO2 catalyst is employed to further investigate kinetic partial pressure experiment and reaction mechanism to determine the reaction rate of methane at different oxygen/methane partial pressure ratios. The results indicate that the reaction follows the L-H mechanism, that is, the adsorbed CH4 reacts with the adsorbed O2. Based on in-situ infrared spectra analysis, the microscopic reaction mechanism of CH4 over CuO-CeO2 catalyst is proposed: CH4 is firstly adsorbed on the surface of CuO-CeO2 and then reacts with CuO-CeO2 to produce intermediate products methoxy substance (Cu-OCH3) and formate substance (Cu-OOCH). Finally, the intermediate products are decomposed into CO2 and H2O to achieve the purpose of the complete oxidation.
CH4 catalytic combustion; Cu-Ce catalyst; reactant partial pressure; reaction dynamics; micro-mechanism
0 引言
1 试验方法
1.1 CuO/CeO2/CuO-CeO2的制备
1.2 样品表征
1.3 催化剂活性评价
2 结果与讨论
2.1 XRD分析
2.2 XPS分析
2.3 H2-TPR试验结果分析
2.4 O2-TPD试验结果分析
2.5 催化剂活性评价
2.6 分压反应动力学分析
2.7 In-situ DRIFT结果分析
3 结论
主办单位:煤炭科学研究总院有限公司 中国煤炭学会学术期刊工作委员会