The role of CO2 in hydrocarbon reforming catalysis: friend or foe?

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, Available online 23 March 2012, In Press, Corrected Proof

The role of CO₂ in hydrocarbon reforming catalysis: friend or foe?

Adesoji A Adesina

Reactor Engineering & Technology Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

Abstract

Summarizes recent investigations on hydrocarbon reforming processes for syngas production.

Authors show that CO₂ emission may be substantially reduced in the carbon-intensive petrochemical and allied industries when it is used as co-feed to a forced periodically operated reformer to minimise coking even at the low steam:carbon ratio of about 1.

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