P-Tu-31 Effect of H2 pre-adsorption on Co-Re based catalyst for conversion of syngas to oxygenates: In situ FTIR studies

Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Nitin Kumar, Chemical Engineering Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, K. Jothimurugesan, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Richmond, CA and James J. Spivey, Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Effect of H2 pre-adsorption on cobalt-rhenium catalyst was studied by in situ FTIR. Results showed that CO adsorption on surface pre-adsorbed with H2 was much less as compared to the clean surface. It is proposed that the sites that adsorb CO are the same as the sites that adsorb H2.

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