(389i) Hydrogen Production From Glycerol Reforming Over Hydrogen Production From Glycerol Reforming Over Ni Based Catalysts

Dong Ju Moon^a,b*, Su Hyun Cho^a,c, Seung Hoon Kim^a,c, Seung-hwan Lee^d, Bang Hee Kim^d, Sang Woo Kim^a,

Arunabha Datta^a and Kwan Young Lee^c

^aClean Energy Research Center, KIST, Seoul, South Korea

^bClean Energy and Chemical Engineering, UST, Daejeon, South Korea

^cDepartment of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

^dTechnolgy& Research Center, J& K heaters, Seoul, South Korea

Corresponding Author’s Email : djmoon@kist.re.kr

Aqueous phase reforming of glycerol over Ni-based catalysts was carried out for the production of hydrogen. The Ni-based catalyst was prepared by an incipient wetness impregnation method. The catalysts before and after the reaction were characterized by N₂ physisorption, CO chemisorption, XRD, TPR, SEM and TEM techniques. It was found that Ni (20 wt%)-Co(3 wt%)/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst showed higher glycerol conversion with H₂/CO = 4 than the other catalysts. There are no major changes in Ni particles after the reaction over APR of glycerol over Ni-Co/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst. The results suggest that the Ni-Co/γ-Al₂O₃catalyst can be applied to the production of hydrogen for applications in fuel processor and hydrogen station.

Keywords : Ni-Co/ γ-Al₂O₃ , Glycerol, Synthesis gas, Aqueous Phase Reforming