| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M19765/01 |
| Title: |
CATALYTIC COMBUSTION OF METHANE CONTAINING SULPHUR COMPOUNDS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Jones, Professor JM |
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Fuel and Energy |
| Organisation: |
University of Leeds |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 January 1999 |
Ends: |
31 March 2002 |
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143,858
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Catalytic combustion is a very attractive alternative to conventional combustion because it produces near-zero pollutant emissions. The same generations of catalysts encountered in the exhausts of spark ignition and diesel engines are emerging in other applications of catalytic combustion, such as stationary gas turbines and domestic heating appliances. In both these applications there are trace amounts (several ppm) of sulphur compounds, for example the odourants in domestic natural gas supplies. Although sulphur is a notorious catalyst poison, the impact of sulphur species in fuel streams on the catalytic activity of methane combustion catalysts has not been studied in detail. The aims of this work are two-fold: To study in detail the chemistry and kinetics of sulphur-poisoning, together with its effect on methane combustion kinetics; and to use this experimental data to develop and validate a kinetic model which incorporates sulphur poisoning. Such a model will also be predictive for fuel conversion and pollutant generation from the combustion of high sulphur-content fuels, such as coal and/or biomass gasification gases, which are envisaged for future catalytic combustion applications.
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