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Glowienka, Kevin ; Kern, Christoph ; Jess, Andreas:
Thermal and Catalytic Decomposition of Formic Acid for Synthesis Gas
Production in Liquid Phase.
2015
Veranstaltung: DGMK Conference Synthesis Gas Chemistry
, 07.-09.10.2015
, Dresden, Deutschland.
(Veranstaltungsbeitrag: Kongress/Konferenz/Symposium/Tagung
,
Poster
)
Abstract
Formic acid (FA) is known to decompose either to H₂ and CO₂ or to CO and H₂O; hence, FA can be regarded as a source for both hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This aspect offers a novel concept for second generation biofuels by using formic acid as an intermediate in synthesis gas production since with polyoxometalate catalyst, FA forms in high purity from waste biomass. Furthermore, the acid decomposes under very mild conditions. Thus, combining formic acid decomposition with electrolysis from renewable energy leads to neat synthesis gas as feed in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Within our research, the focus is on the formic acid decomposition, in particular on CO formation. For this purpose, two different setups are used: a plug flow reactor for gas phase and a semi-batch autoclave for liquid phase formic acid decomposition. In gas phase decomposition, a high selectivity (> 99 %) can be achieved into both reaction pathways depending on the catalyst. Here, supported gold catalysts, e.g. Au/TiO₂, yield H₂, whereas an acidic zeolite leads to CO formation. In the liquid phase, the same Au/TiO₂ catalyst also makes hydrogen, but the product gas contains CO as well because FA decomposes thermally to CO and water under the reaction conditions.
However, the thermal decomposition rate of formic acid depends significantly on the acidity of the system and, thus, on the water content of the substrate. Kinetic modelling of the thermal decomposition leads to a first order reaction with respect to the proton activity that was approximated using Hammett’s acidity function. The kinetic model has been confirmed by increasing the acidity by adding sulphuric acid to the feed; no change in selectivity was observed for FA conversion, and an activation energy of 139 kJ mol-1 was determined for thermal decomposition.
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| Publikationsform: | Veranstaltungsbeitrag (Poster) |
|---|---|
| Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
| Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften Fakultäten > Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl Chemische Verfahrenstechnik Fakultäten > Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl Chemische Verfahrenstechnik > Lehrstuhl Chemische Verfahrenstechnik - Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Jess Fakultäten |
| Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Ja |
| Themengebiete aus DDC: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 540 Chemie 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 600 Technik 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 660 Chemische Verfahrenstechnik |
| Eingestellt am: | 11 Feb 2016 08:43 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 11 Feb 2016 08:43 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/30609 |