#TITLE_ALTERNATIVE#

• Main Author: SAPUTRA JANITRA (NIM 13003019), EVAN
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/10381
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Research and development of alternative energy resources have been increasing recently. One of the alternative resources to be developed is fuel cell. Fuel cell has a high energy efficiency, which is 50-60% (Yacobucci, 2004), and environmentally firendly. Hydrogen is used for fuel cell's fuel and can be synthesized from methanol in various ways. This research aims to obtain a good and consistent methanol steam reforming catalyst synthesis procedure. The catalyst is expected to accelerate the methanol reformation and to produce high hydrogen yield at lowest temperature.<p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> This research consisted of three major steps; which are catalyst synthesis, catalyst characterization and catalyst activity test. The synthesis method was a dry impregnation assuming the copper oxide covers the support's surface (&#947;-Al2O3) as a single layer. Cu/ZnO ratio is set to 2. Catalyst characterization was carried out by means of X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) method to measure catalyst crystallinity and Braunnet Emmett and Teller (BET) method to measure catalyst surface area. Activity test was carried in laboratory tubular fixed bed reactor at 200-300 degrees C and atmospheric pressure.<p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A high performance Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst has been successfully synthesized using dry impregnation method, assuming it would cover the support area with a single layer. This method proved to give a good catalyst with a high activity (88-98%) on 225 degrees C. The catalyst also has a good stability for 36 hours without any significant deactivation. Promoter ZrO2 didn't improved the catalyst activity.