A comparative study between modeling and experimental results over rhodium supported catalyst in dry reforming reaction

Production of synthesis gas (syngas) in order to use as a feed of different important industrial reactions such as Fischer-Tropsch, methanol synthesis and other chemicals has been attended. Dry reforming of methane is one of the main ways to produce syngas. In this work an appropriate kinetic model was developed and employed for modeling of dry reforming reaction over Rh supported catalyst. In order to compare the experimental results with modeling data, a rhodium catalyst supported on alumina-stabilized magnesia was prepared and employed in dry reforming reaction. The overall good agreement between modeling results and experimental data indicate that the present model correctly predicts the catalytic results.