| Abstract: | The kinetics of CO2 reforming of methane has been studied at 976－1033K on a commercial NiO/CaO/Al2O3 catalyst in a packed-bed continuous reactor. The reaction was carried out at atmospheric pressure and CO2/CH4 ratio ＞ 2. The Hougen-Watson rate models were fitted to experimental data assuming the disso ciative adsorption of methane as the rate-determining step. The reaction rate showed an effective reaction order of about unity for CH4. The apparent activity energy was found to be 104 kJ·mol-1. Therefore the kinetic reaction parameters were determined and a possible reaction mechanism was proposed. |
