Demonstration of a scaled-down autothermal membrane methane reformer for hydrogen generation

David S.A. Simakov; Moshe Sheintuch

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.08.037

Demonstration of a scaled-down autothermal membrane methane reformer for hydrogen generation

David S.A. Simakov^*, Moshe Sheintuch

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A novel concept for hydrogen generation by methane steam reforming in a thermally coupled catalytic fixed bed membrane reformer is experimentally demonstrated. The reactor, built from three concentric compartments, indirectly couples the endothermic methane steam reforming with the exothermic methane oxidation, while hydrogen is separated by a permselective Pd membrane. The study focuses on the determination of the key operation parameters and understanding their influence on the reactor performance. It has been shown that the reactor performance is mainly defined by the dimensionless ratio of the methane steam reforming feed flow rate to the hydrogen maximal membrane flow rate and by the ratio of the oxidation and steam reforming methane feed flow rates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8866-8876
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	34
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.08.037
State	Published - Nov 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Autothermal reformer
Hydrogen
Membrane reactor
Methane steam reforming
Thermal coupling

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Demonstration of a scaled-down autothermal membrane methane reformer for hydrogen generation

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