Abstract
The synthesis of methanol via catalytic hydrogenation of carbon oxides was evaluated in two groups of Cu–Ga2O3–ZrO2 ternary catalysts containing 2wt%.Cu. Copper was incorporated in the first group either by incipient wetness (IW) or by ion exchange (IE), both on the pure oxides (Ga2O3 and ZrO2) and the x-Ga2O3/ZrO2 mixed oxides (where x=1, 6 or 9wt% Ga2O3). In a second group of materials galia was incorporated onto Cu/ZrO2 previously dried or dried/calcined. The catalytic evaluations were performed in a tubular microreactor at 3MPa, 523K, GHSV=20,000h−1 using two different gas mixtures. The first mixture contained CO2 and CO (M1: H2/CO2/CO=75/22/3), while in the second one carbon monoxide was replaced by He (M2: H2/CO2/He=75/22/3).The yield to methanol was progressively higher with gallia loading, but the best catalyst tested had an intermediate loading of Ga2O3 deposited onto a dried and calcined Cu/ZrO2 precursor which was obtained, in turn, by ion exchanging copper nitrate to the zirconia. The catalysts for which gallium were added to the dried and calcined IE Cu/ZrO2 precursor were the most stable.
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