Crédit FRFC n° 2.4541.12 - Catalytic Epuration of biogas

In this project are developed heterogeneous catalysts supported on alumina and used for toluene reforming, which is the modelling molecule used as an example of tars. This work is an essential step in the advancement of the research pursued at the Department of Chemical Engineering – Nanomaterials, Catalysis, Electrochemistry thanks to the knowledge acquired for the development of aqueous sol-gel synthesis method of Ni-based alumina catalysts. This work also allows the knowledge of toluene reforming mechanism over catalysts doped with different metals and oxides. This FRFC project also represents a thesis work, which will be deposited in December 15th 2016 and which will be defended orally in February 14th 2017. Here are the different conclusions of this FRFC project, which are also the conclusions of M. Vincent CLAUDE’s thesis. An experimental installation for tars reforming was also built during this FRFC project to realize the different catalytic tests.