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Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry Vol. 15  No. 4  2006

Syngas Production by Methane Reforming with Carbon
Dioxide on Noble Metal Catalysts

M. Rezaei، S. M. Alavi , S. Sahebdelfar, Zi-Feng Yan 

Abstract

 Aseries of noblemetal catalysts(Ru,Rh,Ir,Pt, andPd) supported onalumina-stabilized magnesia(Spinel) were used toproduce syngasby methane reforming with carbondioxide. The synthesized catalysts were characterized usingBET,TPR,TPO,TPH, andH2Schemisorption techniques. The activity results showed high activity and stability for the Ru and Rh catalysts. The TPO and TPH analyses indicated that the main reason for lower activity and stability of the Pd catalyst was the formation of the less reactive deposited carbon and sintering of the catalyst.