Review on methanation–From fundamentals to current projects

S Rönsch, J Schneider, S Matthischke, M Schlüter… - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Methane production from syngas goes back to more than 100 years of research and process
development. Early developments (1970–1980) using syngas from coal gasification plants …

A thermodynamic analysis of methanation reactions of carbon oxides for the production of synthetic natural gas

J Gao, Y Wang, Y **, D Hu, G Xu, F Gu, F Su - RSC advances, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic natural gas (SNG) can be obtained via methanation of synthesis gas (syngas).
Many thermodynamic reaction details involved in this process are not yet fully understood. In …

Mechanistic study and catalyst development for selective carbon monoxide methanation

S Tada, R Kikuchi - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Selective CO methanation has been attractive as a CO removal technique from reforming
gases in polymer electrolyte fuel cell systems. The catalysts for the title reaction require the …

Promotion of CO2 methanation activity and CH4 selectivity at low temperatures over Ru/CeO2/Al2O3 catalysts

S Tada, OJ Ochieng, R Kikuchi, T Haneda… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The effect of CeO 2 loading amount of Ru/CeO 2/Al 2 O 3 on CO 2 methanation activity and
CH 4 selectivity was studied. The CO 2 reaction rate was increased by adding CeO 2 to …

Ru nanocrystals with shape-dependent surface-enhanced Raman spectra and catalytic properties: controlled synthesis and DFT calculations

AX Yin, WC Liu, J Ke, W Zhu, J Gu… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Despite its multidisciplinary interests and technological importance, the shape control of Ru
nanocrystals still remains a great challenge. In this article, we demonstrated a facile …

Recent advances on the design of group VIII base-metal catalysts with encapsulated structures

H Tian, X Li, L Zeng, J Gong - ACS Catalysis, 2015 - ACS Publications
Inexpensive group VIII metal (ie, Fe, Co, and Ni)-based solid catalysts have been widely
used in various energy transformation processes such as Fischer–Tropsch (F–T) synthesis …

CO methanation on ordered mesoporous Ni–Cr–Al catalysts: Effects of the catalyst structure and Cr promoter on the catalytic properties

Q Liu, Z Zhong, F Gu, X Wang, X Lu, H Li, G Xu, F Su - Journal of Catalysis, 2016 - Elsevier
CO methanation is the main route in industry to produce synthetic natural gas (SNG), and
the conventional Ni-based catalysts for this reaction often deactivate severely because of …

A high performance catalyst of shape-specific ruthenium nanoparticles for production of primary amines by reductive amination of carbonyl compounds

D Chandra, Y Inoue, M Sasase, M Kitano… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The creation of metal catalysts with highly active surfaces is pivotal to meeting the strong
economic demand of the chemical industry. Specific flat-shaped pristine fcc ruthenium …

Morphology‐Engineered Highly Active and Stable Ru/TiO2 Catalysts for Selective CO Methanation

S Chen, AM Abdel‐Mageed, D Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ru/TiO2 catalysts exhibit an exceptionally high activity in the selective methanation of CO in
CO2‐and H2‐rich reformates, but suffer from continuous deactivation during reaction. This …

Selective CO Methanation on Ru/TiO2 Catalysts: Role and Influence of Metal–Support Interactions

AM Abdel-Mageed, D Widmann, SE Olesen… - Acs …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Aiming at a detailed understanding of the role of metal–support interactions in the selective
methanation of CO in CO2-rich reformate gases, we have investigated the catalytic …