The oxy-CO
2 metha
ne reformi
ng (OCRM) process has bee
n i
nvestigated o
ver the CoO
x/CeO
2/SA-5205catalyst at
varyi
ng reactio
n temperatures (750-900
ntities/deg.gif">C), O
2/CH
4 ratios (0.3-0.45), a
nd space
velocities (20 000-100 000 cm
3/g/h). With a
n i
ncreasi
ng OCRM reactio
n temperature, the co
ntributio
n from the CO
2 metha
nereformi
ng reactio
n i
ncreased while that from metha
ne combustio
n reactio
ns decreased. Correspo
ndi
ngly, therewas a
n i
ncrease i
n the H
2/CO ratio a
nd a sharp decrease i
n reactio
n exothermicity. At 900
ntities/deg.gif">C (gas hourlyspace
velocity = 46 000 cm
3/g/h a
nd O
2/CH
4 = 0.4), the OCRM reactio
n o
ver the CoO
x/CeO
2/SA-5205 catalystwas mildly e
ndothermic with >90% CH
4 co
nversio
n, >95% H
2 selecti
vity, a
nd a H
2/CO ratio of 1.63. CH
4co
nversio
n was relati
vely u
naffected by the O
2/CH
4 ratio used i
n the OCRM reactio
n; howe
ver, CO
2 co
nversio
ndecreased o
n i
ncreasi
ng the O
2/CH
4 ratio. While H
2 selecti
vity was
not sig
nifica
ntly affected by the O
2/CH
4ratio, the H
2/CO ratio i
ncreased li
nearly with a
n i
ncreasi
ng O
2/CH
4 ratio. The e
ndothermicity of the reactio
nwas fou
nd to decrease with a
n i
ncreasi
ng CH
4/O
2 ratio, which ca
n be explai
ned o
n the basis of i
ncreasedco
ntributio
n from the metha
ne partial oxidatio
n reactio
n with a
n i
ncreasi
ng O
2/CH
4 ratio.