Abstract:
Mo/ZrO
2 and Mo/Al
2O
3 catalysts with a MoO
3 loading of 5% were prepared by incipient wetness impregnation method; the effect of support on the performance of Mo-based catalysts in methanation was then investigated in three different feeds. The results indicate that ZrO
2 as a support can promote the methanation and water-gas shift (WGS) reaction. ZrO
2 is beneficial to the sulfuration and reduction of MoO
3. The Mo sulfidation degree and the content of Mo
4+ on Mo/ZrO
2 are higher than that on Mo/Al
2O
3. Besides, the curved MoS
2 basal plane on Mo/ZrO
2 can provide the active sites for methanation and WGS, which is effective to enhance the performance of Mo-based catalysts in methanation.