Ibrahim, Y., Mohamad Hardyman, B. and McGregor, J. orcid.org/0000-0001-6813-306X (2021) Assessment of copper-iron catalyst supported on activated carbon for low-temperature nitric oxide reduction by hydrogen. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 1st International Conference on Biomass Utilization and Sustainable Energy 2020 15-16 December 2020, Malaysia, 15-16 Dec 2020, Virtual conference. IOP Publishing
Abstract
It is pertinent to assess the performance of a sustainable system that can treat nitrogen oxides (NO x) emissions from combusting biomass waste. Low-temperature selective catalytic reduction is attractive due to the longer catalyst lifetime and the possibility to use carbon-based catalysts. Hence, this study explores this system with the utilization of: (i) a cost-effective catalyst support, i.e. activated carbon derived from abundant biomass waste; (ii) a renewable reductant, i.e. hydrogen; and (iii) Earth-abundant metal catalysts, i.e. copper and iron. The catalyst was prepared by impregnating metal oxides (Cu and Fe) over palm kernel shell activated carbon (PKS). The catalyst was characterised by hydrogen-temperature programmed reduction (H 2-TPR) and nitric oxide-temperature programmed desorption (NO-TPD). H 2-TPR revealed an increase in the reducibility, attributed to the synergistic effects between Cu and Fe. However, these catalyst sites favour nitrous oxide (N 2O) formation as shown via NO-TPD. Meanwhile, the catalyst activity has also been investigated in a fixed-bed reactor. It showed that the 100% conversion can be achieved at 200°C, but the selectivity towards nitrogen formation is as low as 40%. Therefore, investigating the optimum design of PKSCuFe catalyst is justifiable to improve the performance of low-temperature selective catalytic reduction.
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2021 10:34 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2021 13:56 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1088/1755-1315/765/1/012093 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:175534 |
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