Syngas production by bi-reforming of methane on a bimetallic Ni-ZnO doped zeolite 13X

Active nickel phase dispersed in a carbon dioxide sorbent is used together with a zinc oxide promoter in the BRM. The 13X zeolite structure of the support used disappears at elevated temperatures, inducing moderate Ni crystal sizes and thus disfavoring reaction activity. However, the high-loaded catalyst with larger Ni particle sizes seems to be compensated by the presence of a ZnO promoter. Results show that the Ni-ZnO-13X based catalyst is adequate to perform the BRM reaction.