P-Mo-70 Influence of Sulfur on Carbon Deposition in Steam Reforming of Liquid Hydrocarbons

Monday, June 6, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Chao Xie, EMS Energy Institute and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University park, PA, Yongsheng Chen, EMS Energy Institute and Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, Xiaoxing Wang, EMS Energy Institute, 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
Our results indicated that (I) the presence of sulfur can suppress carbon gasification and promote the formation of graphitic carbon on reforming catalysts, and (II) Rh catalyst possesses stronger capability to maintain carbon gasification activity than Ni catalyst in the presence of sulfur.

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