TY - JOUR
T1 - Membrane reactor-based hydrogen production process from biomass
AU - Abdollahi, Mitra
AU - Yu, Jiang
AU - Hwang, Hyun Tae
AU - Liu, Paul K.T.
AU - Ciora, Richard
AU - Sahimi, Muhammad
AU - Tsotsis, Theodore T.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - A novel membrane reactor system, termed as "one-box," was successfully utilized for hydrogen production from a feed with simulated biomass-derived syngas composition. A CMS membrane was used for the in-situ hydrogen separation. The membrane stability was investigated in the presence of H2S, NH3 and naphthalene and toluene as model tar and organic vapor compounds, in which the membrane proved to be stable at the experimental conditions akin to the WGS reaction environment. The kinetics of the WGS reaction over Co/Mo/Al2O3 catalyst were investigated. The MR performance was examined experimentally for a range of pressures and sweep ratios. Parallel modeling investigations indicated good agreement with the experimental data. The performance of the system was further investigated using the model. The "one-box" shows several advantages over the traditional packed-bed reactor, including improvements in CO conversion and H2 purity, while allowing one to perform the reaction in the presence of H2S, NH3 and being able to deliver a contaminant-free hydrogen product.
AB - A novel membrane reactor system, termed as "one-box," was successfully utilized for hydrogen production from a feed with simulated biomass-derived syngas composition. A CMS membrane was used for the in-situ hydrogen separation. The membrane stability was investigated in the presence of H2S, NH3 and naphthalene and toluene as model tar and organic vapor compounds, in which the membrane proved to be stable at the experimental conditions akin to the WGS reaction environment. The kinetics of the WGS reaction over Co/Mo/Al2O3 catalyst were investigated. The MR performance was examined experimentally for a range of pressures and sweep ratios. Parallel modeling investigations indicated good agreement with the experimental data. The performance of the system was further investigated using the model. The "one-box" shows several advantages over the traditional packed-bed reactor, including improvements in CO conversion and H2 purity, while allowing one to perform the reaction in the presence of H2S, NH3 and being able to deliver a contaminant-free hydrogen product.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:80051884242
SN - 0065-7727
JO - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
JF - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
T2 - 241st ACS National Meeting and Exposition
Y2 - 27 March 2011 through 31 March 2011
ER -