OA04 Kinetics of Oxygen-enhanced Water Gas Shift on Metal-CeO2 Catalysts

Monday, June 6, 2011: 10:40 AM
Cabot Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Junichiro Kugai, Department of Energy and Mineral Enginnering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and Chunshan Song, EMS Energy Institute, Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
The rate of CO shift reaction was found to be determined by the balance of reactants adsorbed on the active surface. O2 addition significantly enhances CO shift to H2 rather than CO oxidation because O2 addition changes this balance of reactants on the surface more favorably for H2 production.

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