Effect of Strontium on the Catalytic Activity and Physicochemical Properties of Ru/Mn Catalysts for CO₂ Methanation Reaction

Abstract:

The recycling technology by the catalytic conversion offers a very promising technique for reducing greenhouse CO₂ gas from flue gases of coal burning power plant by converting the carbon dioxide gas to methane. The methane produced from the reaction can be used as other fuel to run turbine for electricity generation. Therefore, the strontia based catalysts was prepared by impregnated with RuMn/Al₂O₃ catalyst and then calcined at 1000°C for 5 hour. Strontia catalyst is an effective material because of its highly basic properties which could enhance carbon dioxide adsorption and chemisorption on the catalyst surface but not been widely explored. The result obtained revealed that the addition of Sr to RuMn/Al₂O₃ as based catalyst had increased the catalytic activity and found to be more active for promoting the CO₂ methanation reaction. Under reducing pretreatment at 300°C, the activity of CO₂ conversion increased about 30.98% which is from 50.45% over RuMn-65/Al₂O₃ catalyst to 73.10% over RuMnSr-65/Al₂O₃ catalyst with 40% of methane yielded at reaction temperature of 210°C. The Sr addition did not modify the crystalline structure of the catalyst but gave higher surface area, smaller particle size and high metal dispersion as well as increased the degree of reduction and CO chemisorption.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1107)
• Pages: 371-376
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1107.371
• Online since: June 2015
• Authors: Susilawati Toemen, Rusmidah Ali*, Wan Azelee Wan Abu Bakar
• Keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Coal Burning Power Plant, Flue Gases, Methanation, Strontia

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