Mohammad Ali Gharouri Roozbahani - Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Lavizan, P.O. Box ۱۵۸۷۵-۱۷۷۴, Tehran, Iran
Mahmoud Ziarati - Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Lavizan, P.O. Box ۱۵۸۷۵-۱۷۷۴, Tehran, Iran
Nahid Khandan - Department of chemical industries, Iranian Research Organization for Science & Technology (IROST), Tehran, Iran

In current work, two kinds of zeolites called H-ZSM-5 and Ferrierite were used as the support of nickel based catalysts, and their effects on the process of LPG steam reforming were investigated. Analyses of XRD, BET and TGA were done to characterize the catalysts. Results indicated that the support had great impact on activity, selectivity and stability of the catalyst. Ni/H-ZSM-5catalyst showed better performance than Ni/Ferrierite catalyst. The LPG conversion of Ni/H-ZSM-5 and Ni/Ferrierite were 69.39% and 51.82% respectively.

Zeolites, Hydrogen, LPG Steam Reforming, Ferrierite, H-ZSM-5