Yellow Poplar Gasification Over Ni Silicate and Ni/Silica

The activity of Ni silicates having different Ni/Si molar ratio (0.5 and 1) and Ni/silica were tested on biomass gasification. Ni silicate (Ni/Si= 0.5) and Ni/silica produced the higher gas yield than Ni silicate (Ni/Si = 1.0). The larger amount of H₂ and CO were produced over Ni silicate (Ni/Si = 0.5) and Ni/silica compared those over Ni silicate (Ni/Si = 1.0). The catalysts were characterized using BET and XRD analysis. Ni silicate (Ni/Si = 0.5) showed promising activity for the production of syngas at higher temperature and can be employed in gasification.