Abstract:
The aim of this research was to investigate the catalytic properties of Cu-Ce composite oxide catalyst prepared by co-precipitation method for selective CO oxidation in H2-rich stream. The effect of pH condition and temperature during co-precipitating on catalytic performance were studied. The catalysts were characterized by XRD BET TEM TPR and FT-IR techniques. The experimental results showed that the 5%Cu-Ce-O catalysts prepared at pH 12 and at temperature of 80ºC expresses smaller particle (7.6 nm) with higher surface areas (158.1 m²/g), well-dispersed CuO species and highest activity with CO conversion of 99.5% at 150ºC. Complete CO conversion with selectivity of 51 % at 150-170ºC and 57% at 150ºC were achieved when promoting 5%Cu-Ce-O catalysts by adding Mn and Co at Cu to Mn ratio of 5:1 and at Cu to Co ratio of 5:1, respectively. When adding 10% H₂O, 15%CO₂, and 10% H₂O-15%CO₂ in feed stream, the activities of 5%(5:1)Cu-Mn-Ce-O catalysts were then decreased. The regenerated catalyst showed the catalytic activities as same as that of the fresh catalyst. The stability of 5%(5:1)Cu-Mn-Ce-O catalysts was test for 1440 minutes at 150ºC.