P-Tu-BRC-117 Mechanistic Pathway and Kinetic Studies of Dry (CO2) Reforming of CH4 over Rh Substituted Lanthanum Zirconate (La2Zr2O7) Pyrochlores

Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Ballroom C (Galt House Hotel)
Devendra Pakhare1, Viviane Schwartz2, Daniel J. Haynes3, Victor Abdelsayed3, Dushyant Shekhawat3 and James J. Spivey1, (1)Louisiana State University, USA, (2)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA, (3)National Energy Technology Laboratory, USA.
In this work we study the the kinetics of dry reforming of methane over Rh substituted pyrochlores. We use FTIR and transient pulsing of CH4 and CO2 to study the mechanistic pathway of reforming reaction on these catalysts.

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