To develop oxygen carrier for chemical-looping reaction, we have investigated that various oxygen carrier, NiO/ZrO_(2), NiO/YSZ, NiO/NiAl_(2)O_(4) and NiO/AIPO_(4), were examined by TGA.
Hydrogen fuel is reacted with metal oxide (reduction of metal o...
To develop oxygen carrier for chemical-looping reaction, we have investigated that various oxygen carrier, NiO/ZrO_(2), NiO/YSZ, NiO/NiAl_(2)O_(4) and NiO/AIPO_(4), were examined by TGA.
Hydrogen fuel is reacted with metal oxide (reduction of metal oxide), and then the reduced metal is successively oxidized by air. The oxygen carriers were prepared by dissolution and semi sol-gel method. The diameters of them were set at 2mm and 105~150㎛.
A various kinds of oxygen carriers were determined by reacitivity and regenerability. Oxygen carrier consists of metal oxide and binder. NiO, CoO, Fe_(2)O_(3), NiO-Fe_(2)O_(3) and NiO-CoO particles are used as metal oxide. Binders are ZrO_(2), YSZ, NiAl_(2)O_(4) and AIPO_(4). The results of experiment could be summarized as follows.
1. Characteristics of Redox reaction with various metal oxides in oxygen tarriers.
The metal oxide(NiO, CoO, Fe_(2)O_(3), NiO-Fe_(2)O_(3) and NiO-CoO) used to oxygen carrier are estimated.
The times required for their complete conversion in reduction were within 400s and in oxidation were within 600s.
In single metal oxides, NiO/YSZ and CoO/YSZ have good reactivity and good reduction and oxidation rate. In oxidation of CoO/YSZ, time required for complete conversion was increased by tailing.
The behavior of double metal oxide of NiO-CoO particles was similar to those of single metal oxide. For the particle of NiO-Fe_(2)O_(3), both the reduction and oxidation rates are lower than those of NiO-CoO particle. But Fe_(2)O_(3) have an advantage in cost and in environmental sound.
Result by kind of metal oxide showed that NiO and Fe_(2)O_(3) can choose by suitable metal oxide in oxygen carrier.
2. Characteristics of Redox reaction with various binders in oxygen carriers.
In oxygen carriers, NiO/YSZ and NiO/NiAl_(2)O_(4) have good reduction and oxidation rates. Also they have good regenerability. In case of NiO/AIPO_(4), for the early few cycles, rates of reduction and oxidation were slightly change, but they were almost the same after the third cycle. It has lesser 20% than NiO/YSZ in reactivity. NiO/NiAl_(2)O_(4) Particle had advantage of material cost as compared with NiO/YSZ. In XRD patterns, NiAl_(2)O_(4) as spinel type had been formed between metal oxide NiO and binder Al_(2)O_(3) during calcinations process above 1100℃. Therefore, the NiO/NiAl_(2)O_(4) was simply prepared will be one of good candidates to take the place of NiO/YSZ.
3. Characteristics of Redox reaction of NiO/YSZ against mixing ratio.
We observed redox reaction of NiO/YSZ against mixing ratio.
As ratio of metal oxide in oxygen carrier increases, reaction velocity decreased.
The oxygen carrier that weight ratio of NiO/YSZ was 6/4 stabilized within 100s in reduction and oxidation. Therefore, we have confirmed that favorable weight ratio of NiO/YSZ was 6:4.
4. Regenerability of oxygen carriers
All redox reaction repeated 10 times. In 10 times redox reactions, the reactivities of NiO/YSZ and NiO/NiAl_(2)O_(4) were superior to those of other oxygen carriers relatively.
Especially, both NiO/YSZ and NiO/NiAl_(2)O_(4) showed fast reaction rate and about 100% of oxygen conversion during all redox reactions.
The NiO/YSZ and NiO/NiAl_(2)O_(4) calcined at temperature of 1300℃ showed the most superior performance.
The NiO/NiAl_(2)O_(4) Prepared by oil-dropping coagulation showed high reaction rate, regenerability and mechanical strength until the contents of NiO was 80wt.%.