Regensburg 2013 – scientific programme

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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik

O 36: Poster Session II (Organic films and electronics, photoorganics; Nanostructures; Plasmonics and nanooptics, Surface chemical reactions and heterogeneous catalysis, Surface dynamics )

O 36.70: Poster

Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 18:15–21:45, Poster B2

Sabatier based CO2-Methanation of flue gas in conventional power plants — •Michael Fleige, Klaus Müller, and Dieter Schmeißer — Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus, Angewandte Physik/Sensorik, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 17, Germany

Already discovered by Paul Sabatier in 1902 the Hydrogenation according to CO2 + 4H2 ->CH4 + 2H2O nowadays is discussed in the course of the 'Power-to-Gas' approach to utilize excess energy from renewable electricity generation in times of oversupply of electricity. We investigate the behavior of this process in a simulated flue gas atmosphere of conventional base load power plants, which could be used as constant sources of the reactant CO2. Therefore the influence of different flue gas compositions such as varying contents of nitrogen and residual oxygen are tested in a laboratory scale. The heterogeneous catalysis process is investigated with regard to conversion rates, yield and selectivity and long-term stability of the Ni-catalyst. Earlier results of stable operating conditions in a 1:1 mixture of nitrogen and reactants, which is a typical ratio for flue gas in conventional power plants, could be confirmed in a first step.