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Original Articles

Combustion of Methane Using Palladium Catalysts Supported in Alumina or Zirconia

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Pages 518-528 | Received 15 May 2013, Accepted 19 Nov 2013, Published online: 23 Apr 2014
 

Abstract

In this work, catalysts based on palladium supported on alumina and zirconia were prepared by wet impregnation method and calcined at 600 °C and 1000 °C. All the samples were characterized by surface area measurements (BET), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectronic spectroscopy (XPS), and temperature desorption of oxygen (O2-TPD), and were tested in the combustion of methane using temperature-programmed surface reaction (TPSR). The results indicated that alumina supported catalysts calcined at 600 °C were slightly more active than zirconia supported catalysts, but after heat treatment at 1000 °C, palladium catalyst supported on zirconia presented better performance above 500 °C. The O2-TPD pattern of temperature between the range of stability of PdOx species and activity was observed, where a better PdOx stability was associated with more active catalysts. The aim of this study is to understand the behavior of the Pd catalysts in the combustion of methane by analyzing the effect of the support (alumina or zirconia) and of the heat treatment (600 °C or 1000 °C) using a simple experimental approach.

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