EUBCE 2024 - André VALENTE BUENO - Ceramic Alumina Foam Doped with Perovskite Catalysts Enhanced for Steam Reforming of Glycerol

Ceramic Alumina Foam Doped with Perovskite Catalysts Enhanced for Steam Reforming of Glycerol

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The increasing effort of the global community to reduce dependency on fossil fuels led to an increase in the production of biodiesel and therefore the oversupply of crude glycerol (C3H8O3). In 2021, the production of residual glycerol from the biodiesel industry in Brazil resulted in more than 500 thousand m3. Residual glycerol is a byproduct that can be used and converted into compounds with high-added value, after sustainable thermal conversion, in various economic sectors. In this way, the steam reforming of glycerol, a process by which glycerol reacts with water vapor in the presence of a catalyst resulting in the synthesis gas, can become another energetic decarbonization agent aiming at the production of hydrogen. The use of such catalytically active materials as a coating for the glycerol reforming could have the further benefit of performance increased of reaction. Transition metals are considered excellent catalysts for many applications. It is generally accepted that only alumina (Al2O3) is catalytically inert and does not participate, more effectively, in the enhancement of the reforming reaction inside of the reactor.

L. Maria de Andrade Araújo, State University of Ceara, Fortaleza, BRAZIL
J. Macedo Guedes, State University of Ceara, Fortaleza, BRAZIL
V. Carvalho, State University of Ceara, Fortaleza, BRAZIL
M.L. Moura de Oliveira, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, BRAZIL
A. Valente Bueno, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, BRAZIL
D. Silveira Serra, State University of Ceara, Fortaleza, BRAZIL
F. Leite Lobo, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, BRAZIL
C. Freitas de Andrade, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, BRAZIL
A. Gabriella Dias Santos, State University of Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró, BRAZIL