Acetic acid, a model compound of bio-oil, was chosen to investigate the H₂ production from steam reforming reaction using Pt and Ni catalysts supported on ZrO₂. Ni crystallite sizes decreased with addition of Pt (from 23 to 15 nm), increasing the metallic dispersion (from 4.4 to 6.5%). A spillover effect was identified in bimetallic catalysts and caused a significant decrease of Ni reduction temperature. Although the Ni crystallite size in 15Ni/ZrO₂ is larger, it showed 100% of conversion and the highest H₂ yield (about 30%) during 30 h of reaction at 500 °C. In contrast to what was expect, the performance of bimetallic catalysts was not so good when compared to the monometallic Ni catalyst. 5Pt15Ni/ZrO₂ and 1Pt15Ni/ZrO₂ showed about 20% of H₂ yield at the end of reaction. 1Pt/ZrO₂ presented the worst catalytic performance; it produced more acetone, which can be correlated to its higher acidity, and deactivated very fast, with the highest coke formation rate. Coke was predominantly amorphous for all catalysts.

乙酸，生物油的模型化合物，被选为调查ħ ₂从使用支撑在的ZrO Pt和Ni催化剂的蒸汽重整反应生产₂。Ni 微晶尺寸随着 Pt 的加入而减小（从 23 到 15 nm），增加了金属色散（从 4.4 到 6.5%）。在双金属催化剂中发现了溢出效应，并导致 Ni 还原温度显着降低。尽管 15Ni/ZrO _{2 中}的 Ni 微晶尺寸较大，但在 500 °C 反应 30 小时内显示出 100% 的转化率和最高的 H ₂产率（约 30%）。与预期相反，与单金属 Ni 催化剂相比，双金属催化剂的性能并没有那么好。5Pt15Ni/ZrO ₂1Pt15Ni/ZrO ₂在反应结束时显示出约20%的H ₂产率。1Pt/ZrO ₂的催化性能最差；它产生更多的丙酮，这可能与其较高的酸度有关，并且失活非常快，焦炭形成率最高。对于所有催化剂，焦炭主要是无定形的。