Abstract
In this work, catalyst screening and reaction kinetic modeling are performed for two Ni-based and one Rh-based commercial catalysts for a reverse water gas shift (rWGS) reaction under atmospheric and 30 bara pressure. Ni-based catalysts displayed higher activity compared to Rh-based catalysts despite the severe initial deactivation Ni-based catalysts suffered, which increases catalyst selectivity toward CO formation. Ni/Al2O3 catalyst with lower Ni content (2 w-%) exhibited higher selectivity toward CO formation compared to the Ni/Al2O3 catalyst with higher Ni content (15 wt %). The Ni/Al2O3 (2 wt % of Ni) catalyst was further tested for kinetic modeling. Three kinetic models were developed based on reaction mechanisms and kinetic models obtained from other publications for rWGS/WGS, methanation, and methane steam reforming reactions based on different mechanistic approaches. The model based on mechanistic assumptions originally proposed by Xu and Froment was concluded to be the most suitable to describe ...
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