Abstract
The ethanol steam reforming has been carried out in a membrane reactor consisting of a Ru-based catalyst bed packed into a thin wall Pd-Ag permeator tube produced via cold-rolling and diffusion welding of metal foils. The experimental tests have been performed in the temperature range 400-450 °C with the aim of studying the performances of the membrane reactor in terms of hydrogen yields. The main investigated operating parameters have concerned the water/ethanol feed molar ratio (8.4-13.0), the pressure inside the membrane (150-200 kPa), the sweep gas mode (co-current and counter-current) and the spatial velocity. In all the tests, ultra pure hydrogen has been separated through the Pd-Ag membrane: especially, operating at 450 °C and 200 kPa, a hydrogen yield higher than 80% has been produced thus demonstrating the membrane ability of promoting the reaction conversion (shift effect).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 250-257 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Membrane Science |
| Volume | 308 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work has been supported by the MIUR (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research) in the framework of the research project n. RBAU01K4HJ.
Keywords
- Ethanol steam reforming
- Hydrogen production
- Membrane reactor
- Pd-based membranes
- Ru catalyst
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- General Materials Science
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Filtration and Separation
