Abstract:

The polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution was examined in the presence of zirconium oxide supported nickel catalysts (Ni/ZrO₂) in sub- and supercritical water (350—430℃ and 24 MPa) in a continuous reactor with the residence time of 60—300 s. As a result, the main gaseous products were hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane and carbon dioxide. When PEG was gasified with 90 g 15% Ni/ZrO₂ at 430℃, 24 MPa, residence time 300 s, 70.14 mol H₂ was produced by gasifying 1 kg PEG, which was 5.1 times of the hydrogen yield produced without catalyst, 2.6 times of the hydrogen yield produced catalyzed with 90 g ZrO₂, the R_TOC(TOC removal efficiency), R_CG(carbon gasification ratio) and R_HG(hydrogen gasification ratio) were 88.84%, 88.50% and 169.40% respectively. The amount of gases increased with an increase in nickel loading on zirconium oxide.When the mass fraction of Ni rose to 15% from 5%,the R_TOC, R_CG and R_HG rose to 58.66%,58.16% and 112.49% from 45.31%,44.55% and 78.25% respectively at 410℃,24 MPa, residence time 180 s. Higher temperature and longer residence time had positive effect on gasification and increase hydrogen yield. The gasification efficiency and H₂ yield decreased with the increase of PEG concentration, but CO₂ yield increased initially and then decreased and CH₄ yield increased because the water-gas shift reaction was restrained and the methanation reaction was accelerated with the increase of PEG concentration.The experiment proved that Ni/ZrO₂ showed good catalytic activity, especially in hydrogen production. For the same reaction efficiency, reaction temperature can be lowered by about 80℃.

摘要：

在连续流超临界水反应器中，以Ni/ZrO₂为催化剂，以聚乙二醇（polyethylene glycol，PEG）水溶液作为研究对象，考察了近-超临界状态下的有机质气化产氢特性。实验结果显示，PEG的气化产物主要成分为H₂、CO、CH₄和CO₂；其中，当加入90 g 15% Ni/ZrO₂时，在430℃、压力24 MPa、停留时间300 s的条件下，可以生成70.14 mmol H_2^·（g PEG）^-1，为不加入催化剂时的5.1倍，为加入90 g ZrO₂时的2.6倍，相应的TOC去除率、碳气化率和氢气化率分别达到88.84%、88.50%和169.40%；增大活性组分Ni的质量分数可以提高气化效果，在410℃、压力24 MPa、停留时间180 s的条件下，Ni质量分数从5%提高到15%时，TOC去除率、碳气化率和氢气化率分别从45.31%、44.55%和78.25%提高到58.66%、58.16%和112.49%；反应温度的上升和停留时间的延长对气化效果有正影响，明显提高H₂的摩尔产率；PEG浓度的上升可抑制水气转换反应并促进甲烷化反应的进行而导致其气化效率下降，其中，H₂产量急剧下降，CO₂产量先上升后下降，而CH₄产量随PEG浓度上升而上升。研究结果证明了所研制的Ni/ZrO₂催化剂在近-超临界水中对PEG的催化气化特别是产H₂表现出高活性，在达到相同反应效率前提条件下使反应温度降低约80℃。