As part of Work Package 3, our Partner Politecnico di Torino (POLITO) provided its expertise on catalyst behaviour and deactivation. Indeed, POLITO studied the activity of the methanation catalyst under CO and CO2 mixed conditions and evaluated its kinetics and stability against the presence of potential pollutants in the feed.
After an extensive experimental testing and modelling campaign, the METHAREN catalyst has been fully characterised over a wide range of conditions to be experienced in the final plant.
The results and conclusions are essential for other partners to take into consideration, as the catalyst is one of the key -and what’s more, expensive- component of the methanation reactor!