Utilization of active and stable catalyst could have enormous advantages in industrial application of biogas reforming. In order to achieve this goal, the effects of Cu and Co as promoters were investigated over physical-chemical properties of Ni/Al2O3-ZrO2 catalyst in reforming of biogas. The sequential impregnation was used for preparation of catalysts. The catalysts were characterized using ...

An ultra-high vacuum (UHV) setup for "real" and "inverse" model catalyst preparation, depth-resolved near-surface spectroscopic characterization, and quantification of catalytic activity and selectivity under technologically relevant conditions is described. Due to the all-quartz reactor attached directly to the UHV-chamber, transfer of the catalyst for in situ testing without intermediate cont...

In situ Raman spectroscopy is rapidly becoming a very popular catalyst characterization method because Raman cells are being designed that can combine in situ molecular characterization studies with simultaneous fundamental quantitative kinetic studies. The dynamic nature of catalyst surfaces requires that both sets of information be obtained for a complete fundamental understanding of catalyti...

primary mgcl2.3.3etoh adduct (pct1) was prepared by melt quenching method and then submitted into a programmed thermal dealcoholation project using a fluidized bed reactor. during thermal dealcoholation program, different mgcl2.netoh support samples with n= 3.0, 2.7, 2.4, and 2.1 were selected and named as pct2 to pct5, respectively. structural analysis of the support samples showed a significa...

A novel, highly active catalyst Ni@MOF-5 showed unexpected activity at low temperature for CO2 methanation. The characterization results indicated that Ni was uniformly and highly dispersed over MOF-5. This catalyst showed high stability and almost no deactivation in long term stability tests up to 100 h.

In this study, characterization of vanadia supported on Al-modified titania nanotubes (TiNTs) synthesized by the alkaline hydrothermal treatment of TiO2 powders has been reported. A promising catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane was prepared via the incipient wetness impregnation method. The morphology and crystalline structure of TiNTs were characterized by transmission elec...

A green and efficient protocol for the synthesis of 3,3,6,6-tetramethyl-9-aryl-1,8-dioxooctahydroxanthene derivatives via cyclocondensation of 5,5-dimethyl-1,3-cyclohexanedione and aromatic aldehydes in the presence of catalytic amount of 10-molybdo-2-vanadophosphoric acid under solvent-free conditions has been described. The 10-molybdo-2-vanadophosphoric acid was prepared and characterized by ...

A green and efficient protocol for the synthesis of 3,3,6,6-tetramethyl-9-aryl-1,8-dioxooctahydroxanthene derivatives via cyclocondensation of 5,5-dimethyl-1,3-cyclohexanedione and aromatic aldehydes in the presence of catalytic amount of 10-molybdo-2-vanadophosphoric acid under solvent-free conditions has been described. The 10-molybdo-2-vanadophosphoric acid was prepared and characterized by ...

In the present study, we carried out chemical synthesis and characterization of Fe3O4@PEG-Au as a magnetic nanocomposite in aqueous solution by chemical co-precipitation of Fe3+ and Fe2+ ions and encapsulated by poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) in order to enhancing hydrophilicity, biocompatibility and immobilizing gold ions in the presence of NaBH4 as a reducing agent. Nanostructures were characte...

This paper argues that Information Technology (IT) needs to be demystified, through critical consciousness, for educators to focus on IT as a means to enhance learning. It goes on to define the technical, sociohistorical and political-ideological levels of IT and to identify four theoretical constructs: tutorial, machine-as-human, tool kit and catalyst. Pervading these constructs is the underst...