To develop a highly effective catalytic combustor for gaseous fuel, various composite catalysts supported on a ceramic foam were prepared, and their performances for methane combustion were investigated. On the surface of ceramic foam, whose diameter was ca. 0.25 mm, Al
2O
3 layer (4.5 % by weight) was coated using an alumina sol, and then catalyst components were supported by impregnation methods. The catalyst (length 50. 0 mm, diameter 8. 0 mm) was packed in a quartz tube of 8. 2 mm inner diameter. The reaction gas, composed of 6.5 % CH
4-13.0 % O
2-80.5 % N
2, was introduced into the reactor with a space velosity of 2200h
-1. The catalytic performance for methane combustion was estimated by the activity hysteresis accompanied with a sequential change in temperature up and down (Fig. 2). Both composite catalysts, Ni-Ce
2O
3-Pt and Pt-Ce
2O
3, maintained the complete CH
4- combustion activity at a wider temperature range than that on the Pt and Pt-Rh catalysts. Particuraly, the Pt-Ce
2O
3 catalyst showed the highest activity and maintained 100 % CH
4-conversion at the temperature range from 520°C to 320°C (Fig.3). The most active catalyst was obtained by the two-step impregnation method (Table 2) at an atomic ratio Pt/Ce=5 (Fig. 4). The complete conversion of CH
4 was confirmed with a space velosity up to 18300h
-1 (LV 10 cm/sec) (Fig. 6). At this condition the reaction heat of 11300 kcal/1·h was generated. The methane-conversion rate measured at a differential reactor condition was in proportion to CH
4 partial pressure (Fig.7) and did notdepend on O
2 partial pressure (below 0.05 atm) in a CH
4-excess condition (Fig. 8).
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