title: CO Methanation for Synthetic Natural Gas Production.
abstract: Energy from woody biomass could supplement renewable energy production towards the replacement of fossil fuels. A multi-stage process involving gasification of wood and then catalytic transformation of the producer gas to synthetic natural gas (SNG) represents progress in this direction. SNG can be transported and distributed through the existing pipeline grid, which is advantageous from an economical point of view. Therefore, CO methanation is attracting a great deal of attention and much research effort is focusing on the understanding of the process steps and its further development. This short review summarizes recent efforts at Paul Scherrer Institute on the understanding of the reaction mechanism, the catalyst deactivation, and the development of catalytic materials with benign properties for CO methanation.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH-1015 Lausanne, Paul Scherrer Institute CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland. anastasios.kampolis@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kambolis
authors.affiliation: Paul Scherrer Institute CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland. tilman.schildhauer@psi.ch.
authors.forename: Tilman J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Schildhauer
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH-1015 Lausanne, Paul Scherrer Institute CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland. oliver.kroecher@psi.ch.
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kröcher