Ni-Al2O3 catalyst
with different Ca abundance
for CO2-CH4 reforming was prepared by the solution
combustion method. By some mature characterization methods, such as
XRD, H2-TPR, EDX mapping, TEM, TPH and TG-DTG technologies,
and the reforming experiment, the effect of Ca content on the structure,
reforming performance, and carbon deposition of Ni-Al2O3 catalyst was investigated. Results showed that the grain
size of active component Ni on the 4 wt % Ca-modified catalyst (Ni-Ca-4)
was small (13.67 nm), presenting good dispersion, and that Ni and
Ca elements were well distributed on the support, which was more conducive
to the CO2-CH4 reforming. Evaluation results
showed that activity of Ni-Ca-4 was higher than the others, with CH4 and CO2 conversions of 52.0 and 96.7%, respectively,
and H2/CO ratio close to unit. Carbon deposition proposed
that the amount of carbon deposited on the surface of Ni-Ca-4 was
lower (18%), and the type of carbon was attributed to amorphous carbon,
indicating that 4 wt % Ca-promoted catalyst presented better anticarbon
deposition performance.