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Le vaporeformage du méthane (SMR) est encore aujourd’hui la méthode industrielle de synthèse d’hydrogène la plus rentable. L’efficacité globale de ce procédé est cependant limitée par les contraintes techniques intrinsèques au design des unités de production actuelles. Dans un souci constant d’intensification des procédés, des échangeurs-réacteurs intensifiés sont à l’étude chez AIR LIQUIDE. Les progrès dans le domaine des techniques de fabrication additive métallique ont permis d’envisager des unités de production sous formes d’équipements compacts, présentant des canaux millimétriques, qui optimisent les transferts de masse et de chaleur. Pour atteindre des taux de conversion élevés, et ce malgré des temps de contacts réduits, ces structures obligent à développer de nouvelles architectures de catalyseurs. Des phases actives supportées stables et très actives pour la réaction SMR à base de rhodium ont été préparés à partir de supports MgAl2O4 commerciaux. L’étude de l’impact du taux de métal noble, des propriétés des supports, ainsi que des traitements thermiques a permis de comprendre les interactions existantes entre les phases actives et les supports oxydes. Les propriétés catalytiques en condition de reformage ont pu être reliées aux morphologies des phases actives synthétisées. La fonctionnalisation des canaux des échangeurs-réacteurs millistructurés par une méthode proche du dip-coating est détaillée dans cette thèse. Des formulations de suspensions adaptées, aux comportements rhéologiques maîtrisés, ont permis avec des protocoles de dépôt adéquats, de rendre fonctionnel des échangeurs-réacteurs de taille semi-industrielle qui ont été testés avec succès durant plusieurs centaines d’heures. / The Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) process is still today the most profitable industrial synthesis process of hydrogen. The efficiency of this technique is however facing intrinsically technical limitations due to the design of production units. In order to intensify the global process, exchangers-reactors are under investigation at AIR LIQUIDE. Thanks to recent progresses in metallic additive manufacturing, new compact equipment can be designed. Structures made of millimetric channels allow optimizing heat and mass transfers. New catalyst architecture design needs to be developed to reach high conversion rates despite extreme low contact times in such devices. Stable and highly active rhodium-based catalysts supported on spinel MgAl2O4 have been prepared in this aim. The impact of rhodium loading, properties of supports, as well as thermal treatments have allowed us understanding active phase and support interactions. Catalyst properties under SMR conditions have been linked to active phase morphologies. Functionalization of exchangers-reactors channels through a dip-coating technique has been detailed in this thesis. The formulations of suspensions of washcoat have been optimized thanks to rheological behavior characterizations to achieve very low viscosities. A procedure to deposit homogeneous coatings with controlled thicknesses on the internal channels has been validated on a pilot structure. These new intensified exchangers-reactors have been successfully tested for methane conversion during several hundred of hours.

SESMR (Sorption Enhanced Steam Methane Reforming), SMR (Steam Methane Reforming) avec capture de CO2 in situ par un adsorbant solide, peut amener à une exploitation durable du gaz naturel pour la production de H2. La thèse, partie du projet de recherche ASCENT (Advanced Solid Cycles with Efficient Novel Technologies), concerne le développement de matériaux combinés adsorbants catalyseurs Ni-CaO-mayenite pour le SESMR, aux fins d’étudier les influences dues à la fraction de Ni, aux sels précurseurs du Ni (Ni acétate ou Ni nitrate), et à la fraction de CaO disponible. Les techniques ICP AES, XRD, BET/BJH, SEM/EDS, TEM/EDS, TPR et TGA ont été utilisés pour caractériser les matériaux synthétisés. La réactivité a été évaluée par des tests en lit fixe à l’échelle du microréacteur, qui ont aussi permis une sélection des matériaux les plus prometteurs pour une étude de l’applicabilité industrielle par tests multi cycliques SESMR/régénération de solides par un réacteur automatisé à lit fixe. / Sorption enhanced steam methane reforming (SESMR), steam methane reforming (SMR) with in situ CO2 sorption by a solid sorbent, can lead to a sustainable exploitation of natural gas to produce H2. (CSCM). This thesis, as a part of ASCENT (Advanced Solid Cycles with Efficient Novel Technologies) project, deals with Ni-CaO-mayenite combined sorbent-catalyst material for SESMR, to study the effect of Ni fraction, its precursor salt (Ni nitrate or Ni acetate), and free CaO fraction. ICP AES, XRD, BET and BJH methods, SEM EDS, TEM EDS, TPR and TGA were used to characterize synthesized materials. Their reactivity was evaluated by tests in a packed bed microreactor, which served also as a screening tool to choose the most promising materials. Their industrial applicability was assessed by multicycle SESMR/regeneration tests in an automated packed bed bench scale rig.

117 f. / Submitted by Ana Hilda Fonseca (anahilda@ufba.br) on 2013-05-20T13:36:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE DOUTORADO - GUILLERMO P BERROCAL.pdf: 2123714 bytes, checksum: dbd07cf34792ac2cac402476f9c17a8a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Hilda Fonseca(anahilda@ufba.br) on 2013-06-06T15:58:28Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE DOUTORADO - GUILLERMO P BERROCAL.pdf: 2123714 bytes, checksum: dbd07cf34792ac2cac402476f9c17a8a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-06-06T15:58:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE DOUTORADO - GUILLERMO P BERROCAL.pdf: 2123714 bytes, checksum: dbd07cf34792ac2cac402476f9c17a8a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / FAPESB / Níquel suportado em alumina tem sido reconhecido como um catalisador efetivo das reações de reforma de metano. No entanto, ele apresenta desativação por coque e problemas de estabilidade térmica, em altas temperaturas, principalmente devido à transição de fase do suporte e sinterização do metal. Uma opção atrativa, para obter suportes mais adequados para esses catalisadores, é a combinação da alumina com a zircônia que possui elevada estabilidade térmica, dureza e propriedades anfotéricas. Por outro lado, a adição de metais nobres ao catalisador de níquel usado na reforma de metano poderia evitar a desativação por formação de coque, assim como conduzir a atividades mais elevadas. Desta forma, neste trabalho, foram estudados catalisadores de níquel associados, ou não, ao rutênio suportados em óxidos de alumínio e zircônio, destinados à reforma a vapor e reforma autotérmica de metano. . Foram sintetizados catalisadores monometálicos de níquel (15 %) e bimetálicos de níquel (15 %) e rutênio (razão molar Ru/Ni = 0,1), por impregnação em óxidos de alumínio e/ou zircônio. Estes sólidos foram preparados por métodos de precipitação à temperatura ambiente, a partir de soluções de oxicloreto de zircônio e nitrato de alumínio, obtendo-se materiais com razões molares Al/Zr = 1, 2, 5 e 10 além do óxido de zircônio e de alumínio puros. As amostras foram caracterizadas por espectroscopia no infravermelho com transformadas de Fourier, termogravimetria, análise térmica diferencial, difração de raios X, redução a temperatura programada e medidas de área superficial específica e porosidade. Os catalisadores foram testados na reação de reforma a vapor e autotérmica de metano na faixa de 450 a 750 ºC. . Observou-se a formação da fase γ-Al2O3 na alumina pura e a fases tetragonal e monoclínica na zircônia pura. Com a adição de alumínio à zircônia houve a estabilização da fase tetragonal em todos os casos, em detrimento da monoclínica. A adição de pequenas quantidades de zircônio ao óxido de alumínio produziu um aumento na área superficial especifica da alumina, associado à ação textural do zircônio como espaçador entre as partículas de óxido de alumínio ou à geração de tensões no sólido, causando o deslocamento do equilíbrio para a formação de partículas menores. A adição dos metais (níquel e rutênio) ao suporte causou diminuição da área superficial específica, o que pode estar associado ao bloqueio de alguns poros por esse metal e/ou à sinterização da amostra após a impregnação e calcinação ou a uma combinação desses efeitos. A redução do níquel foi facilitada pela presença do zircônio e/ou do rutênio. Todos os catalisadores foram ativos na reação de reforma a vapor e na reforma autotérmica de metano, observando-se aumento na conversão de metano com a temperatura. Na reação de reforma a vapor e na reforma autotérmica, observouse, que em temperaturas típicas dessas reações, o catalisador de níquel impregnado no suporte com razão molar Al/Zr =10 levou às conversões mais elevadas. O rutênio produz um efeito similar, em catalisadores de níquel isentos de zircônio. Dessa forma, as amostras mais promissórias são aquelas contendo níquel suportado em alumina contendo zircônio ou rutênio. / Salvador

In the present study, the behavior of La1-xCexNiO3 (x = 0; 0.05 and 0.10) perovskite-type oxides catalysts was investigated, acting as catalysts, in reactions of dry reforming of methane (DRM) and biogas reforming (BR). The catalysts were synthesized by sol-gel method (or citrate) and by combustion with urea. Later, they were structurally evaluated and studied on the catalytic performance. The synthesized perovskite-type oxides were characterized by X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption temperature programmed reduction and thermal gravimetric analysis. The catalysts showed low values of specific area (< 10 m2 g-1). The LaNiO3 phase present in all the calcined samples was converted into La2O3, Ni0 and La(OH)3 after reduction, keeping the phase CeO2 in the doped samples with cerium. It was observed more evident La(OH)3 phase in the samples synthesized by combustion method. The average crystallite sizes, on the main stage LaNiO3, remained between 13 to 17 nm. La0,90Ce0,10NiO3 synthesized by combustion had the lowest average crystallite size whereas La0, 95Ce0,05NiO3 and La0,90Ce0,10NiO3 synthesized by sol-gel method has the highest value. The sol-gel method produced NiO grains (20-25 nm) smaller than those produced by the combustion method (31 - 38 nm). But for all samples is observed a decrease in average Ni0 grain sizes after reduction. In the samples synthesized by combustion method the mean Ni0 crystallite size were similar (20, 19 and 21 nm), whereas the values increased with Ce addition (13 21 nm) in the samples synthesized by sol-gel method. All samples with 1:9 dilution (catalyst/ inert SiC) were active, stable and resistant to deactivation by coke deposition after 24 h of DRM and BR reactions, but with molar ratio H2/CO < 1. The La0,90Ce0,10NiO3 catalyst synthesized by sol-gel method, with 1:1 dilution (catalyst/ inert SiC) showed the greatest resistance to the carbon formation (1,06 mg Carbon / gcat h). The catalysts synthesized by the combustion method, when 1:9 diluted, showed TOFCH4 values between 13 - 16 in the DRM and between 15 - 19 in BR, with molar ratio H2/CO next 1. The catalysts synthesized by combustion method, with 1:1 dilution (catalyst/inert SiC) were more active (TOFCH4 8 13 h-1) in BR reaction than the catalysts synthesized by sol-gel method (TOFCH4 3 4 h-1). The lower values for the stoichiometric H2/CO <1 indicate favoring the reverse reaction of water-gas shift in catalytic tests, supported by the fact that higher CO2 conversion in all reactions usin catalysts with 1:9 dilution. There was a molar ratio H2/CO increase in the RB, especially when used as the catalyst with 1:1 dilution (catalyst/inert SiC), indicating that reverse water-gas shift reaction is less favored when feed CH4: CO2 = 2 and using a larger amount of catalyst. / No presente trabalho, foi avaliado o comportamento de óxidos do tipo perovskitas La1-xCexNiO3 (x = 0; 0,05 e 0,10), atuando como catalisadores, frente às reações de reforma seca do metano (RSM) e reforma de biogás (RB). Os catalisadores foram sintetizados pelo método sol-gel (ou citrato) e pelo método de combustão com uréia. Posteriormente, foram avaliados estruturalmente e quanto ao seu desempenho catalítico. Os precursores catalíticos foram caracterizados por difração de raios X, medidas de área específica BET, redução a temperatura programada e análise termogravimétrica. Todos os catalisadores apresentaram baixos valores de área específica (< 10 m2 g-1). A fase principal LaNiO3, presente em todas as amostras calcinadas, foi convertida em La2O3, Ni0 e La(OH)3 após redução, sendo observada a fase CeO2 nas amostras dopadas com cério. A presença da fase La(OH)3 foi mais evidente nas amostras sintetizadas pelo método de combustão. Os tamanhos médios de cristalito, referentes à fase principal LaNiO3, se mantiveram entre 13 17 nm. A amostra La0,90Ce0,10NiO3 sintetizada pelo método de combustão apresentou o menor tamanho médio de cristalito enquanto que as amostras La0,95Ce0,05NiO3 e La0,90Ce0,10NiO3 sintetizadas pelo método sol-gel tem o maior valor. O método sol-gel produziu tamanhos médios de cristalito do NiO (20 25 nm) menores do que os produzidos pelo método de combustão (31 38 nm). Porém, para todas as amostras, é observada uma diminuição nos tamanhos médios de cristalito de Ni0 após a redução/passivação. Nas amostras sintetizadas pelo método de combustão os tamanhos médios de cristalito do Ni0 foram semelhantes (20, 19 e 21 nm), enquanto que nas amostras sintetizadas por sol-gel os valores cresceram com a adição de Ce (13 21 nm). Todas as amostras com diluição de 1:9 (catalisador/inerte SiC) foram ativas, estáveis e resistentes à desativação pela deposição de coque após as 24 h das reações RSM e RB, porém com razão molar H2/CO < 1. O catalisador La0,90Ce0,10NiO3 sintetizado pelo método sol-gel, com diluição 1:1 (catalisador/inerte SiC) apresentou a maior resistência à formação de carbono (1,06 mg Carbono / gcat h). Os catalisadores sintetizados pelo método de combustão, quando diluídos 1:9 (catalisador/inerte SiC), apresentaram valores de TOFCH4 entre 13 16 h-1 na RSM e entre 15 - 19 h-1 na RB com razões molares H2/CO próximas de 1. Os catalisadores sintetizados pelo método de combustão com diluição de 1:1 (catalisador/inerte SiC) se mostraram mais ativos (TOFCH4 8 13 h-1) na RB do que os catalisadores sintetizados pelo método sol-gel (TOFCH4 3 4 h-1). Os valores menores que o estequiométrico para H2/CO < 1 indicam o favorecimento da reação reversa de deslocamento gás-água nos testes catalíticos, fato suportado pela maior conversão de CO2 em todas as reações utilizando catalisadores com diluição 1:9. Na condição de RB houve um aumento da razão molar H2/CO, especialmente quando forma utilizados os catalisadores com diluição 1:1 (catalisador/inerte SiC), indicando que reação reversa de deslocamento gás-água é menos favorecida quando a razão de alimentação é de CH4:CO2 = 2 e utilizando uma maior quantidade de catalisador. / Mestre em Engenharia Química

The Master´s thesis deals with the preparation of perovskite oxides by glycine synthesis with following characterization and analysis of catalytic activity. Especially is discussed crystallographic structure. In the theoretical part were first summarized the available information of the properties and usage of perovskite oxides. In the experimental part of the work was carried out the preparation of perovskite oxides and were made chemical analysis. Moreover a catalytic activity of selected perovskites has been studied and have been illustrated their crystal structure.

L'énergie de liaison, la mobilité et la réactivité de l'oxygène dans des matériaux nanocristallins de type cérine-zircone dopée aux terres rares (La, Gd, Pr, Sm) supportant des métaux (Pt, Ni, Ru) ont été étudiées par échange isotopique en réacteurs statiques et traversés (18O2 and C18O2), DTP d'O2, RTP d'H2 et CH4, microcalorimétrie pulsée et réacteur TAP. La mobilité d'oxygène de coeur apparait comme contrôlée par le réarrangement des sphères de coordination des cations Ce et Zr et par des chemins préférentiels le long de chaines Pr3+/Pr4+. En surface et subsurface, ce contrôle se ferait par des interactions fortes métal/support avec l'incorporation de cations métalliques. Cette mobilité de l'oxygène limiterait le vieillissement et le frittage en conditions réalistes de reformage par le gaz carbonique. Des études cinétiques non stationnaires et par marquage isotopique ont permis de proposer un mécanisme bi-fonctionnel fondé sur des étapes rédox indépendantes pour l'activation du méthane et du dioxyde de carbone. L'étape limitante serait l'activation du méthane tandis que l'activation du gaz carbonique s'opérerait plus rapidement sur des sites réduits du support, générant de l'oxygène diffusant aisément vers l'interface métal/support (enthalpie de désorption 600-650 kJ/mol) pour oxyder les fragments du méthane en CO et H2. Dans les meilleures formulations catalytiques, des agrégats Ni-Ru faciliteraient l'activation du CO2 dans son état de transition, en marge de carbonates stables qui restent "spectateurs" de la réaction. Pour le Pt/PrCeZrO, il existerait une autre voie d'activation de carbonates faiblement adsorbés sur des ions Pt+ stabilisés par des cations Pr4+. Cette spécificité confère à cette formulation des perspectives très intéressantes en reformage à sec, notamment sur des supports structurés de type alumine corindon, bien adaptés à des réacteurs compacts à temps courts pour des ressources en gaz dispersées et de capacité limitée / Oxygen bonding strength, mobility and reactivity in nanocrystalline Ln-doped ceria-zirconia (Ln=La, Gd, Pr, Sm) with supported Pt, Ni, Ru were studied by state-of-the-art techniques such as isotopic exchange in static and flow reactors with 18O2 and C18O2, O2 TPD, H2 and CH4 TPR, pulse microcalorimetry and TAP reactor. Bulk oxygen mobility is found controlled by a rearrangement of Ce and Zr cations coordination sphere with doping as well as by fast oxygen migration along Pr3+/Pr4+ cationic chains. Surface and near-surface oxygen mobility appears controlled by a strong metal-support interaction with incorporation of metallic ions into surface layers and domain boundaries. In realistic feeds, the catalytic activity in dry reforming of methane correlates with oxygen mobility, required to prevent coking and metal sintering.Transient kinetic studies (non steady-state and SSITKA) allowed us to propose a bi-functional reaction mechanism corresponding to independent redox steps of CH4 and CO2 activation. The rate- limiting step is shown to be the irreversible activation of CH4 on metal sites, while CO2 dissociation on reduced sites of oxide supports proceeds much faster (being reversible for the steady-state surface) followed by a fast oxygen transfer along the surface/domain boundaries to metal sites where CH4 molecules are transformed to CO and H2. The CH4 selective conversion into syngas would involve strongly bound bridging oxygen species with heat of desorption ::600-650 kJ/mol O2. For optimized formulations, Ni+Ru clusters could be involved in CO2 activation via facilitating C-O bond breaking in the transition state, thus increasing the rate constant of the surface reoxidation by CO2, while strongly bound carbonates behave as spectators. For Pt/PrCeZrO, an additional fast route to syngas would occur on Pt ions with participation of weakly bound carbonates stabilized by neighboring Pr4+ ions. Such specificity makes this system highly promising for methane oxi-dry reforming, especially on structured corundum supports for short contact time compact reactors, well adapted to stranded and limited gas resources

Strategies to harness the energy from organic waste is gaining importance on a global scale, especially in countries with large quantities of it. In this paper, a techno-economic analysisand a field study were performed to investigate the feasibility of five scenarios for a conceptual biogas facility, based on a case study from Colombia. The plant designs involved anaerobic digestion followed by different combinations of biogas upgrading, combined heat and power and/or steam methane reforming technologies and investigated four different feedstocks. The results demonstrated that the road infrastructure leading to the current proposed site is inadequate, and a new location should be found. Anaerobic digestion alone was most profitable with the shortest payback period. Organic Municipal Solid Waste and Poultry Manure produced high techno-economic potential depending on the scenario. The production of hydrogen using anaerobic digestion, steam methane reforming and combined heat and power with or without upgrading is not recommended due to the current market prices and high heat consumption. However, it can be profitable to implement green energy initiatives as a strategy to establish and lead future energy markets.

L'efficacité globale du procédé de vaporeformage du gaz naturel est affectée par la limitation au transfert thermique au sein du lit catalytique et la génération d'un excès de vapeur d'eau non valorisable. Une des clés possibles pour le rentabiliser davantage consiste à optimiser les transferts thermiques en faisant évoluer le design du réacteur. Un échangeur-réacteur microstructuré a ainsi été retenu. Cet appareil de par la taille submillimétrique de ses canaux permet d'intensifier les transferts de chaleur et de matière. Cependant, la modification de l'architecture traditionnelle oblige à développer de nouveaux catalyseurs (MgAl2O4) déposables dans les microcanaux et permettant d'atteindre conversion élevées (80%, 20 bar, 850°C) à faibles temps de passage (150 ms). La faisabilité du concept et la performance des catalyseurs ont été validées sur un canal dans les conditions industrielles du procédé. Un modèle de réacteur piston hétérogène a été utilisé pour estimer la cinétique de la réaction de reformage. Pour le design de l'échangeur-réacteur, deux approches de modélisation ont été développées en considérant l'équilibre thermodynamique à la surface du catalyseur ou en tenant compte du couplage entre la réaction et les transferts de chaleur et de matière. La simulation de ces modèles a permis de proposer la géométrie des canaux qui correspond au design optimal. Deux méthodologies de design ont été développées ainsi qu'un modèle permettant d'interpréter les résultats expérimentaux en tenant compte de la possibilité du bouchage des canaux. L'échangeur-réacteur fabriqué permet de réduire le coût de production pour une unité fonctionnant sans export de vapeur / Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) of natural gas is characterized by generation of an excess of steam and their low thermal efficiency resulting in a very large device with important heat losses. One of the possible keys to make this process more profitable is to optimize heat transfer by changing the reactor design. A microstructured heat exchanger reactor has been retained. It enables to have fast heat and mass transfers and therefore allow increasing catalytic activity. However, this change in production technology must be accompanied by the development of highly active catalysts (MgAl2O4) that enable to reach high methane conversion (80%, 20 bar, 850°C) at low residence time (150 ms). The concept feasibility and catalysts performance have been validated on one channel in industrial process conditions. Then, a detailed model for acquisition of reaction kinetics has been developed and validated from experimental catalytic tests. For heat exchanger reactor design, two modeling approaches have been developed: by considering that the catalyst is highly active and enables to reach instantaneous equilibrium conversion on the coated catalytic walls of the reactor and by tacking the measured kinetics. Simulation of these models by considering technical constraints on the design enabled to find channel characteristic dimensions, heat power needed and the optimum number of channel which determine the heat exchanger reactor volume. Two fast methods for preliminary design of heat-exchanger reactors have been developed. By using heat exchanger reactor, it is possible to suppress steam excess generation and to reduce syngas production cost

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:55:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 3046.pdf: 22010317 bytes, checksum: 740eb3cb48c20a2e8fee311c2c3dd513 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-06-15 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / Pt catalysts supported on CeO2-La2O3-Al2O3, with different mixed oxide compositions, and CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3, prepared using three different routes, were synthesized by sol gel technique. The samples were characterized using thermal analysis, N2 adsorption, X-ray diffraction, diffusive reflectance spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of CO adsorption and high resolution transmission electronic microscopy. The Pt dispersion was determined from the data of cyclohexane dehydrogenation rate. In situ temperature programmed reduction and Xray absorption near edge structure using redox treatments were performed trying to find a better understanding for the sample behaviors in the reaction conditions. The catalysts were evaluated in the steam reforming and partial oxidation of methane. In the Pt/CeO2-La2O3-Al2O3 catalysts, the substitution of La for Ce caused a higher stability of CeIII in the alumina structure and higher metal electron density. The oxidation at high temperature caused the Pt agglomeration, on the other hand the reduction treatment lead to a support re-dispersion. The mixed oxides samples with elevated ceria content showed higher activity in the steam reforming and partial oxidation of methane. This behavior was attributed to the ability of promoting the gasification of coke. For the Pt/CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3 samples, the solid solution between CeO2 and ZrO2 was dependent on the calcination temperature. Phase segregation was observed for the sample calcined at 950ºC, which decreased the catalytic activity. It was attributed to a smaller O* mobility in this sample. / Catalisadores de Pt suportados em óxidos mistos de CeO2-La2O3-Al2O3, com diferentes composições do óxido misto, e CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3, preparados por três diferentes rotas de adição destes óxidos na alumina, foram sintetizados por meio da técnica sol gel. As amostras tiveram suas propriedades estruturais caracterizadas por meio de técnicas de análise térmica, adsorção de N2, difração de raios X, espectroscopia de refletância difusa, espectroscopia no infravermelho do CO adsorvido, medida de dispersão metálica aparente pela reação de desidrogenação do cicloexano e microscopia eletrônica de transmissão de alta resolução. Com o intuito de um maior esclarecimento dos comportamentos dos catalisadores quando submetidos a condições semelhantes à atmosfera de reação, estudos de oxiredução in situ foram realizados para as amostras e monitorados pelas técnicas de redução a temperatura programada e espectroscopia de alta resolução da borda de absorção. O desempenho catalítico dos catalisadores foi avaliado nas reações de reforma a vapor e oxidação parcial do metano. No que se refere às amostras de Pt/CeO2-La2O3-Al2O3 pode-se afirmar que a substituição do La pelo Ce ocasionou a maior estabilidade do CeIII na rede da alumina e a formação de sítios de Pt com maior densidade eletrônica. O tratamento de oxidação em alta temperatura ocasionou a aglomeração da fase ativa, enquanto que sob condições redutoras, os suportes a base de céria apresentaram um comportamento de re-dispersão. Os maiores valores de atividade nas reações de reforma a vapor e oxidação parcial do metano foram evidenciados para as amostras suportadas nos óxidos mistos com o maior teor de céria. Este resultado foi atribuído a maior interface entre metal-suporte o que proporcionou uma maior transferência de O* para a partícula de Pt, auxiliando na remoção de coque da superfície do catalisador. Para as amostras suportadas nos óxidos mistos de CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3, a formação da solução sólida entre os óxidos de cério e zircônio demonstrou-se bastante depende da temperatura de calcinação do suporte, apresentando segregação de fases após a calcinação a 950 ºC, e diminuição na atividade catalítica na reação de oxidação parcial do metano em torno de 15%. Este comportamento foi relacionado à menor mobilidade de O* desta amostra, ocasionada pela a separação das fases em CeO2 e ZrO2.