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

Table 1

Conversion and product distribution for the reaction of ethyl alcohol and steam over various catalys t.^a

Catalyst	Conversion (%)	Composition (%)^b
		H2	CO	CO2	CH4	C2H4	C3H6	CH3CHO	CH3COCH3
Pd	95.4	34.9	33.3	—	31.2	—	—	0.7	—
In2O3	79.2	21.7	—	4.1	—	59.1	0.6	6.2	8.3
Pd/In2O3^c	97.8	62.1	—	12.3	—	0.9	—	2.9	21.8

^aReaction conditions: C₂H₅OH∶H₂O∶N₂=0.5∶2.0∶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).^cPd loading of Pd/In₂O₃ = 5.0 wt.%