Supported Rh Catalysts for the Indirect Partial Oxidation of Isooctane

Praharso; Adesoji A. Adesina; David L. Trimm; Noel W. Cant

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.20, No.3, 468-470, May, 2003

DOI10.1007/BF02705549 Export Citation

Supported Rh Catalysts for the Indirect Partial Oxidation of Isooctane

Praharso^†, Adesoji A. Adesina, David L. Trimm, and Noel W. Cant¹

School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
¹Department of Chemistry, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia

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The production of hydrogen from isooctane over three rhodium-based catalysts has been examined. The reaction entailed total oxidation of a proportion of the fuel followed by reforming of isooctane to produce hydrogen. Rhodium (1% wt) was impregnated on three different supports: alumina, ceria-alumina, and ceria-zirconia. No differences in catalytic activity were observed, but reaction yield changed with the support. Ceria-zirconia was found to be the preferred support since methanation did not occur over the catalyst.

Keywords:Gasoline;Isooctane;Partial Oxidation;Sol-gel;TPO

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[Referenced By]

[1] Anderson RB, "Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis," Academic Press, Orlando, FL. (1984)

[2] Burke NR, "Control of Vehicle Cold-start Emissions," Ph.D. Thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2001)

[3] Chen H, Adesina AA, "Semiconductor Oxide Supports for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts: Selectivity and Activity Studies," Proceedings 44th Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering Conference, Calgary, Canada, Oct. 2-5 (1994)

[4] Ma L, Jiang C, Adesina AA, Trimm DL, Wainwright MS, Chem. Eng. J., 62, 103 (1996)

[5] Jenkins JW, Shutt E, Plat. Metals, Rev., 33, 118 (1989)

[6] Lox ESJ, Engler BH, "Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis," G. Ertl, H. Knozinger and J. Weitkamp (eds.), Weinheim, Germany, VCH. 4, 1559 (1997)

[7] Ma L, "Hydrogen Production from Steam Reforming of Light Hydrocarbons in an Autothermic System," Ph.D. Thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (1995)

[8] Pena MA, Gomez JP, Fierro JL, Appl. Catal. A: Gen., 144(1-2), 7 (1996)

[9] Praharso AA, Trimm DL, Cant NW, "Unpublished Results," (2001)

[10] Trimm DL, Onsan ZI, Catal. Rev.-Sci. Eng., 43(1-2), 31 (2001)

[11] Zummallen MP, Schmidt LD, J. Catal., 161(1), 230 (1996)