Conversion of other Hydrocarbon Feeds

Alumina-supported Ni and Ni-Pd catalysts have also been used for hydrogen production by the partial oxidation and steam reforming of 

Atom Superposition and Electron Delocalisation — Molecular Orbital 

High Resolution Transmission Electron Spectroscopy High Temperature Shift (in WGS) 

Oxidative Coupling of Methane Partial Oxidation of Methane 

Unity Bond Index-Quadratic Exponential Potential 

As long-chain hydrocarbons are more reactive than CH4, the steam reforming reaction of liquid hydrocarbons is less endothermic than CH4. Since aromatics are more stable than paraffins, their reactivity towards steam approaches that of GH4. For many years, nickel has been the most suitable metal for the steam reforming of hydrocarbons, because the TOF values for the reaction are very 

Ni/y-AlgOs catalysts displayed good activity at high temperatures and such activity increased with increasing Ni-loadings up to 5.0 wt.%. However, the Ni/y-AlgOg catalysts rapidly became deactivated. X-ray diffraction of the used catalysts showed that an increase in the particle size of the nickel crystallites was the main reason for the poor stability of the Ni/y-AlgOg catalysts. In addition, coke 

The influence of both Ce and La, as thermal stabiliser and activity promoter, respectively, has been studied in alumina supported nickel or platinum catalysts for the oxidative reforming of hexadecane. For both metal catalysts, higher reforming activities were found when active metals were deposited on Ce-La-AlgOs substrate. For Pt-based catalysts, the increase in activity observed for the 

HRTEM High Resolution Transmission Electron Spectroscopy 

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