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Developing efficient and eco-friendly reforming technology of volatile organic compounds is important but still a great challenge. A promising strategy is to generate hydrogen-rich gas for solid oxide fuel cells by autothermal reforming of VOCs. In this study, we found a more desirable commercial catalyst (NiO\/K2O-\u03b3-Al2O3) for the autothermal reforming of VOCs. The performance of autothermal reforming of toluene as a model compound over a NiO\/K2O-\u03b3-Al2O3 catalyst fitted well with the simulation results at the optimum operating conditions calculated based on a simulation using Aspen PlusV11.0 software. Furthermore, the axial temperature distribution of the catalyst bed was monitored during the reaction, which demonstrated that the reaction system was self-sustaining. Eventually, actual volatile organic compounds from the chemical factory (C9, C10, toluene, paraxylene, diesel, benzene, kerosene, raffinate oil) were completely reformed over NiO\/K2O-\u03b3-Al2O3. Reducing emissions of VOCs and generating hydrogen-rich gas as a fuel from the autothermal reforming of VOCs is a promising strategy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules28020752","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,12]],"date-time":"2023-01-12T03:47:01Z","timestamp":1673495221000},"page":"752","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Autothermal Reforming of Volatile Organic Compounds to Hydrogen-Rich Gas"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Chao","family":"Bian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jiazhun","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Biqi","family":"Zhong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zefeng","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dai","family":"Dang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Obiefuna C.","family":"Okafor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY 14814, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yujia","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tiejun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"126847","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jhazmat.2021.126847","article-title":"Catalytic ozonation of VOCs at low temperature: A comprehensive review","volume":"422","author":"Liu","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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