Abstract
Orange peel can be considered as an attractive raw material to be gasified for hydrogen or syngas production. In this work, the catalytic evaluation of several silica-supported nickel catalysts in the oxidative degradation of waste orange peel is reported. It was found that the catalytic gasification with the K2O-Ni/silica catalyst produces more hydrogen than the non-catalytic route at 600 °C. Surprisingly, a significant amount of ethene was obtained with the CeO2-Ni/silica catalyst, which was explained in terms of an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction of ethane formed during biomass or tar decomposition.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6663-6668 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Sep 2015 |
Keywords
- Biomass
- Ethene
- Gasification
- Hydrogen
- Ni/SiO Catalysts
- Orange Peel