@inproceedings{2916670, title = "GLYCEROL STEAM REFORMING ON NICKEL LOADED APATITE-TYPE LANTHANUM SILICATES", author = "MARIA GOULA and NIKOLAOS CHARISIOU and PAVLOS PANDIS and VASSILIS STATHOPOULOS", year = "2015", pages = "1", publisher = "Italian Association for the Study of Clays", booktitle = "Applied Mineralogy & Advanced Materials - AMAM 2015", keywords = "Apatites, glycerol, steam reforming, catalysis, ceramics, hydrogen, lanthanum silicates", abstract = "In the present paper for the first time it is reported the application of apatite-type lanthanum silicates in the steam reforming of glycerol reaction. The La9.83Si5Fe0.75Al0.25O26±d, apatite oxide prepared by solid state synthesis was applied as a supporting material for a 8wt% Ni catalyst. Apatite oxide and catalyst (fresh, reduced and used) samples were characterized by means of the XRD, SEM, TEM techniques. Catalytic testing experiments were performed using a fixed bed reactor at temperatures ranging from 400 to 700 oC with a feed consisting of C3H8Ο3 (20% v/v.) and H2O in the liquid phase." }