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C t l ti Rf i fL i ti d Alt ti F l Helmholtz Research School Energy-Related Catalysis Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry Claudia Diehm [email protected] Catalytic Reforming of Logistic and Alternative Fuels Research Fundamentals Personal Details Name: Claudia Diehm Department: Department of Chemistry and Biosciences Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Olaf Deutschmann Cosupervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Dittmeyer Higher Education: 10/2005 - 08/2010 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Subject: Chemistry Final result: Diplom, outstanding (1.2) Focus: Chemical Technology Efficient power generation for mobile applications by using APUs (Auxiliary Power Unit): Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and Fuel reformer • CPOX • Steam reforming H 2 + CO Fuel cell • SOFC • PEMFC after gas cleaning Commercial fuel Electricity Diploma thesis Honours and Awards: 10/2009 - 07/2010 Scholarship by “Karlsruher Universitätsgesellschaft e.V.” Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Ethanol blended Fuels on Rh coated Catalyst binary mixtures of ethanol and i-octane as model surrogates Features of catalytic partial oxidation (CPOX) reformers [1] : Reaction equation Catalyst [2] : Catalyst carrier: Monolithic honeycomb or foam structures Washcoat: -Al 2 O 3 Catalytically active metal: Rhodium Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and lower consumption of limited fossil fuels CO x H 2 y O 2 z - x O H C 2 2 z y x over 80 % hydrogen selectivity for all blends in millisecond contact times maximum hydrogen selectivity shifts to leaner conditions for increasing ethanol concentration avoidance of side-products such as methane, ethylene, and acetaldehyde i i fd t f l ll Catalytically active metal: Rhodium Short residence time High fuel throughput and syngas yields Nearly adiabatically operating compact reactors Suitable for: logistic fuels, e.g. gasoline, and diesel alternative fuels, e.g. bioethanol [3] mixtures of both e g ethanol blended fuels operating catalyst poisoning of downstream fuel cell selectivity to side-products rises with increasing ethanol percentage exception to this trend for 10 vol% ethanol observed properties of ethanol iso-octane blends not solely explicable by the properties of the pure substances interactions between the components during the simultaneous conversion on the catalytic surface mixtures of both, e.g. ethanol blended fuels CPOX reformers are most suitable for on-board hydrogen supply [4] Features of fuel cells [5] : SOFC: Hydrogen and carbon monoxide can be reformed PEMFC: Poisoned by carbon monoxide Both show incompatibility to hydrocarbons [6] PhD thesis Catalyst Development Experimental Setup Properties [1] Well-defined boundary conditions Homogeneous, pulse-free reactant flow uniform temperature profile Analysis of product stream by: FT IR Improvement and optimization of CPOX reformers by: Understanding the complex reaction system in the reformer for different fuels Commercial gasoline Commercial diesel Biofuels Developing alternative catalysts to replace expensive rhodium catalysts References Development Alteration of catalytically active metal along length of monolithic channel Noble metal doped catalysts e.g. perovskite or pyrochlore structures Non-precious metal catalysts e.g. group 6 transition metal carbides Reactor FT-IR MS GC/MS Time-resolved monitoring Approach for every fuel: from model surrogate to commercial fuel One component model surrogate Complex mixtures of hydrocarbons Commercial fuel Catalyst after test-cycle Improvement of the marketability and efficiency of APUs KIT – University of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and National Research Center of the Helmholtz Association Contact: Claudia Diehm, Institute of Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Engesserstr. 18, Geb. 11.23, R: 109 References [1] M. Hartmann, L. Maier, H. D. Minh, O. Deutschmann, Combustion and Flame 2010,157, 1771. [2] M. Hartmann, L. Maier, O. Deutschmann, Applied Catalysis A: General, doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2010.08.051. [3] N. Hebben, C. Diehm, O. Deutschmann, Applied Catalysis A: General 2010, 388, 225. [4] M. Hartmann, S. Lichtenberg, N. Hebben, D. Zhang, O. Deutschmann, Chemie Ingenieur Technik 2009, 81, 909. [5] J. Larminie, A. Dicks, Fuel cell systems explained, 2. edition, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 2003, 207+ [6] A. J. McEvoy, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik 2002, 33, 331. Presented at Opening Workshop of Helmholtz Research School, Karlsruhe/Germany, November 17, 2010 Designed for accurate and rapid mixing of up to 8 gaseous reactants below auto-ignition temperature [4]

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C t l ti R f i f L i ti d Alt ti F l

Helmholtz Research School Energy-Related Catalysis

Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry

Claudia Diehm

[email protected]

Catalytic Reforming of Logistic and Alternative Fuels

Research FundamentalsPersonal DetailsName: Claudia Diehm

Department: Department of Chemistry and Biosciences

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Olaf Deutschmann

Cosupervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Dittmeyer

Higher Education:

10/2005 - 08/2010 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

Subject: Chemistry

Final result: Diplom, outstanding (1.2)

Focus: Chemical Technology

Efficient power generation for mobile applications by using APUs (Auxiliary Power Unit):

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and

Fuel reformer

• CPOX• Steam

reforming

H2 + CO

Fuel cell

• SOFC• PEMFC

after gas cleaning

Commercial fuel

Electricity

Diploma thesis

Honours and Awards:

10/2009 - 07/2010 Scholarship by “Karlsruher Universitätsgesellschaft e.V.”

Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Ethanol blended Fuels on Rh coated Catalyst

binary mixtures of ethanol and i-octane as model surrogates

Features of catalytic partial oxidation (CPOX) reformers[1] :Reaction equation

Catalyst[2]:Catalyst carrier: Monolithic honeycomb or foam structuresWashcoat: -Al2O3

Catalytically active metal: Rhodium

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and lower consumption of limited fossil fuels

CO x H 2

y O

2

z-x OHC 22zyx

over 80 % hydrogen selectivity for all blends in millisecond contact times

maximum hydrogen selectivity shifts to leaner conditions for increasing ethanol concentration

avoidance of side-products such as methane, ethylene, and acetaldehyde

i i f d t f l ll

Catalytically active metal: Rhodium

Short residence time

High fuel throughput and syngas yields

Nearly adiabatically operating compact reactors

Suitable for:logistic fuels, e.g. gasoline, and dieselalternative fuels, e.g. bioethanol[3]

mixtures of both e g ethanol blended fuels

operating catalyst

poisoning of downstream fuel cell

selectivity to side-products rises with increasing ethanol percentage

exception to this trend for 10 vol% ethanol

observed properties of ethanol iso-octane blends not solely explicable by the properties of the pure substances

interactions between the components during the simultaneous conversion on the catalytic surface

mixtures of both, e.g. ethanol blended fuels

CPOX reformers are most suitable for on-board hydrogen supply[4]

Features of fuel cells[5]:SOFC: Hydrogen and carbon monoxide can be reformed

PEMFC: Poisoned by carbon monoxide

Both show incompatibility to hydrocarbons[6]

PhD thesis

Catalyst Development

Experimental Setup

Properties[1]

Well-defined boundary conditionsHomogeneous, pulse-free

reactant flowuniform temperature profile

Analysis of product stream by:FT IR

Improvement and optimization of CPOX reformers by:Understanding the complex reaction system in the

reformer for different fuelsCommercial gasolineCommercial dieselBiofuels

Developing alternative catalysts to replace expensive rhodium catalysts

References

Development

Alteration of catalytically active metal along length

of monolithic channel

Noble metal doped catalysts

e.g. perovskite or pyrochlorestructures

Non-precious metal catalysts

e.g. group 6 transition metal

carbides

Reactor

FT-IRMSGC/MSTime-resolved monitoring

Approach for every fuel:from model surrogate to commercial fuel

One component

model surrogate

Complex mixtures of

hydrocarbons

Commercial fuel

Catalyst after test-cycle

Improvement of the marketability and efficiency of APUs

KIT – University of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg andNational Research Center of the Helmholtz Association

Contact: Claudia Diehm, Institute of Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Engesserstr. 18, Geb. 11.23, R: 109

References[1] M. Hartmann, L. Maier, H. D. Minh, O. Deutschmann, Combustion and Flame 2010,157, 1771.[2] M. Hartmann, L. Maier, O. Deutschmann, Applied Catalysis A: General, doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2010.08.051.[3] N. Hebben, C. Diehm, O. Deutschmann, Applied Catalysis A: General 2010, 388, 225.[4] M. Hartmann, S. Lichtenberg, N. Hebben, D. Zhang, O. Deutschmann, Chemie Ingenieur Technik 2009, 81, 909.[5] J. Larminie, A. Dicks, Fuel cell systems explained, 2. edition, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 2003, 207+[6] A. J. McEvoy, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik 2002, 33, 331.

Presented at Opening Workshop of Helmholtz Research School, Karlsruhe/Germany, November 17, 2010

Designed for accurate and rapid mixing of up to 8 gaseous reactants below auto-ignition temperature[4]