Peter Shuttleworth , Vitaliy Budarin , Mark Gronnow , James H. Clark , Rafael Luque
{"title":"Low temperature microwave-assisted vs conventional pyrolysis of various biomass feedstocks","authors":"Peter Shuttleworth , Vitaliy Budarin , Mark Gronnow , James H. Clark , Rafael Luque","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60364-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60364-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A comparison between conventional pyrolysis and a novel developed low-temperature microwave-assisted pyrolysis methodology has been performed for the valorisation of a range of biomass feedstocks including waste residues. Microwave pyrolysis was found to efficiently deliver comparable evolution of bio-gases in the system as compared with conventional pyrolysis at significantly reduced temperatures (120–180°C vs 250–400°C). The gas obtained from microwave-assisted pyrolysis was found to contain CO<sub>2</sub>, CH<sub>4</sub> and CO as major components as well as other related chemicals (e.g. acids, aldehydes, alkanes) which were obtained in different proportions depending on the selected feedstock.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 3","pages":"Pages 270-274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60364-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56792283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ke Wang, Hongyan Shang, Lin Li, Xinlong Yan, Zifeng Yan, Chenguang Liu, Qingfang Zha
{"title":"Efficient CO2 capture on low-cost silica gel modified by polyethyleneimine","authors":"Ke Wang, Hongyan Shang, Lin Li, Xinlong Yan, Zifeng Yan, Chenguang Liu, Qingfang Zha","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60371-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60371-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this work, a series of polyethyleneimine (PEI) functionalized commercial silica gel were prepared by wet impregnation method and used as CO<sub>2</sub> sorbent. The as-prepared sorbents were characterized by N<sub>2</sub> adsorption, FT-IR and SEM techniques. CO<sub>2</sub> capture was tested in a fixed bed reactor using a simulated flue gas containing 15.1% CO<sub>2</sub> in a temperature range of 25–100°C. The effects of sorption temperature and amine content on CO<sub>2</sub> uptake of the adsorbents were investigated. The silica gel with a 30 wt% PEI loading manifested the largest CO<sub>2</sub> uptake of 93.4 mgCO<sub>2</sub>/g<sub>adsorbent</sub> (equal to 311.3 mgCO<sub>2</sub>/g<sub>PEI</sub>) among the tested sorbents under the conditions of 15.1% (v/v) CO<sub>2</sub> in N<sub>2</sub> at 75°C and atmospheric pressure. Moreover, it was rather low-cost. In addition, the PEI-impregnated silica gel exhibited stable adsorption-desorption behavior during 5 consecutive test cycles. These results suggest that the PEI-impregnated silica gel is a promising and cost-effective sorbent for CO<sub>2</sub> capture from flue gas and other stationary sources with low CO<sub>2</sub> concentration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 3","pages":"Pages 319-323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60371-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56792428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jindou Huang , Shuhao Wen , Jianyong Liu , Guozhong He
{"title":"Band gap narrowing of TiO2 by compensated codoping for enhanced photocatalytic activity","authors":"Jindou Huang , Shuhao Wen , Jianyong Liu , Guozhong He","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60368-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60368-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we have performed first-principles screened exchanged hybrid density function theory with the HSE06 function calculations of the C-Mo, C-W, N-Nb and N-Ta codoped anatase TiO<sub>2</sub> systems to investigate the effect of codoping on the electronic structure of TiO<sub>2</sub>. The calculated results demonstrate that (W(s)+C(s)) codoped TiO<sub>2</sub> narrows the band gap significantly, and have little influence on the position of conduction band edges, therefore, enhances the efficiency of the photocatalytic hydrogen generation from water and the photodegradation of organic pollutants. Moreover, the proper oxygen pressure and temperature are two key factors during synthesis which should be carefully under control so that the desired (W(s)+C(s)) codoped TiO<sub>2</sub> can be obtained.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 3","pages":"Pages 302-307"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60368-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56792755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Deren Fang , Wanzhong Ren , Hongying Lü , Hongtao Yang
{"title":"Partial amination of cationic exchange resins and its application in the hydration of butene","authors":"Deren Fang , Wanzhong Ren , Hongying Lü , Hongtao Yang","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60370-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60370-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this work, the amination of sulfonated polystyrene resin with alkyl secondary amine is investigated. The catalytic activities of the modified resins are determined through the hydration of 1-butene. The optimum chain length and the best range of amination rate are determined. It is found that the single-pass conversion of 1-butene was raised 2% on average, and the relative activity was increased over 30% after modification. A hypothesis about the enhancement of catalytic activities by the inclusion of alkyl chain to wrap up the butene molecule is proposed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 3","pages":"Pages 314-318"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60370-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56792863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yonghua Zhou , Jing Liu , Xingyun Li , Xiulian Pan , Xinhe Bao
{"title":"Selectivity modulation in the consecutive hydrogenation of benzaldehyde via functionalization of carbon nanotubes","authors":"Yonghua Zhou , Jing Liu , Xingyun Li , Xiulian Pan , Xinhe Bao","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60359-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60359-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Hydrogenation of benzaldehyde is a typical consecutive reaction, since the intermediate benzyl alcohol is apt to be further hydrogenated. Here we demonstrate that the selectivity of benzyl alcohol can be tuned via functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which are used as the support of Pd. With the original CNTs, the selectivity of benzyl alcohol is 88% at a 100% conversion of benzaldehyde. With introduction of oxygen-containing groups onto CNTs, it drops to 27%. In contrast, doping CNTs with N atoms, the selectivity reaches 96% under the same reaction conditions. The kinetic study shows that hydrogenation of benzyl alcohol is significantly suppressed, which can be attributed to weakened adsorption of benzyl alcohol. This is most likely related to the modified electronic structure of Pd species via interaction with functionalized CNTs, as shown by XPS characterization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 3","pages":"Pages 241-245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60359-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56792243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimization of hydrothermal synthesis of H-ZSM-5 zeolite for dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether using full factorial design","authors":"Samaneh Hosseini , Majid Taghizadeh , Ali Eliassi","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60375-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60375-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>H-ZSM-5 zeolite was synthesized by hydrothermal method. The effects of different synthesis parameters, such as hydrothermal crystallization temperature (170–190°C) and Si/Al molar ratio (100–150), on the catalytic performance of the dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether (DME) over the synthesized H-ZSM-5 zeolite were studied. The catalysts were characterized by N<sub>2</sub> adsorption-desorption, XRD, NH<sub>3</sub>-TPD, TGA/DTA, and SEM techniques. The full factorial design of experiments was applied to the synthesis of H-ZSM-5 zeolite and the effects of synthesis conditions and their interaction on the yield of DME as the response variable were determined. Analysis of variance showed that two variables and their interaction significantly affected the response. According to the experimental results, the optimized catalyst prepared at 170°C with the Si/Al molar ratio of 100 showed the best catalytic performance among the tested H-ZSM-5 zeolite.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 3","pages":"Pages 344-351"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60375-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56793206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mengwei Xue , Yuming Zhou , Yiwei Zhang , Xuan Liu , Yongzheng Duan , Xiaoli Sheng
{"title":"Effect of cerium addition on catalytic performance of PtSnNa/ZSM-5 catalyst for propane dehydrogenation","authors":"Mengwei Xue , Yuming Zhou , Yiwei Zhang , Xuan Liu , Yongzheng Duan , Xiaoli Sheng","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60372-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60372-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The effect of cerium addition on the catalytic performance of propane dehydrogenation over PtSnNa/ZSM-5 catalyst has been investigated by reaction tests and some physicochemical characterization such as XRD, BET, TEM, XPS, NH<sub>3</sub>-TPD, H<sub>2</sub> chemisorption, TPR and TPO techniques. It has been found that with suitable amount of cerium addition, the platinum dispersion increased, while the carbon deposition tended to be eliminated easily. In these cases, the presence of cerium could not only realize the better distribution of metallic particles on the support, but also strengthen the interactions between Sn species and the support. Additionally, XPS spectra confirmed that more amounts of tin could exist in oxidized form, which was advantageous to the reaction. In our experiments, PtSnNaCe (1.1 wt%)/ZSM-5 catalyst exhibited the best catalytic performance. After running the reaction for 750 h, propane conversion was maintained higher than 30% with the corresponding selectivity to propylene of about 97%.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 3","pages":"Pages 324-331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60372-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56792462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conventional processes and membrane technology for carbon dioxide removal from natural gas: A review","authors":"Zee Ying Yeo , Thiam Leng Chew , Peng Wei Zhu , Abdul Rahman Mohamed , Siang-Piao Chai","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60366-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60366-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Membrane technology is becoming more important for CO<sub>2</sub> separation from natural gas in the new era due to its process simplicity, relative ease of operation and control, compact, and easy to scale up as compared with conventional processes. Conventional processes such as absorption and adsorption for CO<sub>2</sub> separation from natural gas are generally more energy demanding and costly for both operation and maintenance. Polymeric membranes are the current commercial membranes used for CO<sub>2</sub> separation from natural gas. However, polymeric membranes possess drawbacks such as low permeability and selectivity, plasticization at high temperatures, as well as insufficient thermal and chemical stability. The shortcomings of commercial polymeric membranes have motivated researchers to opt for other alternatives, especially inorganic membranes due to their higher thermal stability, good chemical resistance to solvents, high mechanical strength and long lifetime. Surface modifications can be utilized in inorganic membranes to further enhance the selectivity, permeability or catalytic activities of the membrane. This paper is to provide a comprehensive review on gas separation, comparing membrane technology with other conventional methods of recovering CO<sub>2</sub> from natural gas, challenges of current commercial polymeric membranes and inorganic membranes for CO<sub>2</sub> removal and membrane surface modification for improved selectivity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 3","pages":"Pages 282-298"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60366-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56792508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rule of 100: An inherent limitation or performance measure in oxidative coupling of methane?","authors":"Saeed Sahebdelfar, Maryam Takht Ravanchi, Mahtab Gharibi, Marzieh Hamidzadeh","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60369-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60369-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The oxidative coupling of methane over La2O3/CaO type-catalyst in a fixed-bed reactor is studied under a wide range of operating conditions (973<<em>T</em>< 1103 K, 55< p<sub>total</sub> <220 kPa, and 3.7< <em>m</em><sub>cat</sub>/V<sub>STP</sub> <50 kg·s/m<sup>3</sup>). A ten-step kinetic model incorporating all main products was used to predict the behavior of the system. Methane conversions and C<sub>2</sub> selectivities were calculated by varying methane to oxygen ratios in the feed under different operating conditions which were also compared with the rule of 100. The results show that deviation from this rule depends on the operating conditions. Within the range studied, an increase in pressure, temperature and contact time results in smaller deviation from the rule. This rule is best approximated when the catalyst operates near its optimal performance. For negative deviations, common to the most catalysts, it is found that the optimal performance should occur at methane conversion levels lower than 50%. A plot of selectivity versus conversion for high-yield reported performance data of a large variety of catalysts shows that data points concentrated roughly in 20%–50% methane conversion region, confirming the generality and prediction of modeling.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 3","pages":"Pages 308-313"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60369-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56792818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haodong Tang, Guojun Lan, Jian Zhong, Huazhang Liu, Ying Li
{"title":"Easy synthesis of iron doped ordered mesoporous carbon with tunable pore sizes","authors":"Haodong Tang, Guojun Lan, Jian Zhong, Huazhang Liu, Ying Li","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60365-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60365-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Precise control of the pore sizes for porous carbon materials is of importance to study the confinement effect of metal particles because the pore size in nanosize range will decide the physical and chemical properties of the metal nanoparticles. In this paper, we report a new approach for the synthesis of iron doped ordered mesoporous carbon materials with adjustable pore size using Fe-SBA-15 as hard template and boric acid as the pore expanding reagent. The pore size can be precisely adjusted by a step of 0.4 nm in the range of 3–6 nm. The carbonization temperature can be lowered to 773 K due to the catalytic role of the doped iron. The present approach is suitable for facile synthesis of metal imbedded porous carbon materials with tunable pore sizes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 3","pages":"Pages 275-281"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60365-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56792348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}