Hydrogen Production via Steam Reforming of Ethyl Alcohol over Palladium/Indium Oxide Catalyst

Table 2

Effect of Pd loading on conversion and product distribution for the reaction of ethyl alcohol and steam over Pd/In₂O₃.^a

Pd (wt.%)	Conversion (%)	Composition (%)^b
		H2	CO	CO2	CH4	C2H4	C3H6	CH3CHO	CH3COCH3
0	79.2	21.7	—	4.1	—	59.1	0.6	6.2	8.3
0.2	77.8	53.0	—	5.3	—	10.8	—	21.1	9.8
1.0	93.7	59.9	—	12.1	—	2.3	—	5.1	20.6
5.0	97.8	62.1	—	12.3	—	0.9	—	2.9	21.8
10.0	99.9	60.1	—	14.2	—	—	0.1	1.9	23.7

^aReaction conditions: C₂H₅OH∶H₂O∶N₂=0.5∶2∶97.5 (molar ratio), N₂ flow rate = 50 mL min⁻¹, reaction time = 10 h, reaction temperature = 573 K.^bMolar percentage of products (water not included).