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High-Throughput Screening of Catalytic Materials for JP-8 Fuel Cracking to Liquefied Petroleum Gas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2012

John E. Bedenbaugh ,
Jangam Ashok ,
Andrew Chien ,
Sungtak Kim ,
Shahriar Salim ,
Mary Glascock  and
Jochen Lauterbach
John E. Bedenbaugh
Affiliation:
SmartState South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence in the Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, U.S.A.
Jangam Ashok
Affiliation:
SmartState South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence in the Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A.
Andrew Chien
Affiliation:
SmartState South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence in the Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A.
Sungtak Kim
Affiliation:
SmartState South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence in the Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A.
Shahriar Salim
Affiliation:
SmartState South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence in the Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A.
Mary Glascock
Affiliation:
SmartState South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence in the Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A.
Jochen Lauterbach
Affiliation:
SmartState South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence in the Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A high-throughput methodology is applied for the discovery and optimization of novel catalyst formulations to convert readily available hydrocarbon-based JP-8 fuel directly into a lighter hydrocarbon product suitable for portable power applications utilizing LPG-powered fuel cells. In addition to catalytic cracking challenges, JP-8 cracking poses other challenges including high sulfur content (up to 3,000 ppmw) and significant concentration of aromatics, which are precursors to coking. An existing 16-channel high-throughput reactor system was modified for the JP-8 catalytic cracking studies. The catalyst support material was of primary importance in determining cracking activity. Alumina-based catalytic materials demonstrate the greatest activity for conversion of JP-8 to LPG during catalytic cracking at reactor temperatures above 600°C. This is attributed to the importance of acidic reaction sites within the structure of the catalytic support. The addition of noble metals to the alumina-based materials does not yield significant improvements in JP-8 conversion.

Keywords

catalyticreactivityenergy generation
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1425: Symposium UU – Combinatorial and High-Throughput Methods in Materials Science , 2012 , mrsf11-1425-uu04-07
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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