Konarova, Muxina and Aslam, Waqas and Ge, Lei 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2989-0329 and Ma, Qing and Tang, Fengqiu and Rudolph, Victor and Beltramini, Jorge Norberto
(2017)
Enabling process intensification by 3D printing of catalytic structures.
ChemCatChem, 9 (21).
pp. 4132-4138.
ISSN 1867-3880
Abstract
Small-scale, intensified chemical reactors (i.e., process intensification) mediated by structured catalysts substantially diminishes the advantages of large-scale gas-to-liquid (transport fuels) process plants and can be realized at low capital costs, minimum energy consumption, and zero/small CO2 footprints. Current structured-catalysts approaches are complex and expensive; therefore, simple methods are crucial that are capable of depositing a desired geometry of catalysts into engineered channels. Herein, we developed printable composition by incorporating
nickel and molybdenum ions into water-soluble PVA and starch; the subsequent pyrolysis of organic compounds
resulted into three-dimensional carbon scaffold with
micro/macro interconnected pores (dpore, 6.5 a; dpore, 100 mm) containing up to 25 wt% catalyst loading. 2D (TEM, SEM) and 3D (X-ray computed tomography) microstructural analyses and catalytic tests (conversion of syngas to alcohols) were performed for 3D printed catalysts and compared with conventional pelleted catalysts. At a high feed flow rate (6000 h@1), CO conversion is rapidly reduced to 16 mol% for pelleted catalysts, whereas 3D printed catalysts converted 35 mol% of CO, with the same catalyst loading.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Permanent restricted access to Published version, in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2018 03:13 |
| Last Modified: | 09 May 2018 00:27 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | carbon; microreactors; molybdenum; nickel; structure elucidation |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 03 Chemical Sciences > 0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural) > 030601 Catalysis and Mechanisms of Reactions 09 Engineering > 0904 Chemical Engineering > 090402 Catalytic Process Engineering |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES > 3406 Physical chemistry > 340601 Catalysis and mechanisms of reactions 40 ENGINEERING > 4004 Chemical engineering > 400408 Reaction engineering (excl. nuclear reactions) |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | B Economic Development > 85 Energy > 8505 Renewable Energy > 850501 Biofuel (Biomass) Energy |
| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201700829 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/33912 |
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