Pure hydrogen production from octane, ethanol, methanol and methane reforming using a palladium membrane reactor

Author

Birdsell, Stephen A. ; Willms, R. Scott ; Dye, Robert C.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

27 Jul-1 Aug 1997

Firstpage

1942

Abstract

A palladium membrane reactor was used to reform octane, ethanol, methanol and methane into pure hydrogen. Conversions approaching 100% were achieved for each of the hydrocarbons. The effect of injection rate on hydrogen recovery was measured. It was observed that higher percentages of hydrogen were recovered from the hydrocarbons as the injection rate was decreased. The effect of hydrocarbon-to-water inlet ratio was also measured for octane and ethanol. It was observed that higher percentages of hydrogen were recovered from the hydrocarbons as the hydrocarbon-to-water inlet ratio was increased

Keywords

fuel; hydrogen economy; membranes; palladium; H₂; Pd; ethanol; hydrocarbon-to-water inlet ratio; hydrocarbons; hydrogen recovery; injection rate; methane reforming; methanol; octane; palladium membrane reactor; pure hydrogen production; Biomembranes; Ethanol; Fuel cells; Hydrocarbons; Hydrogen; Inductors; Methanol; Palladium; Petroleum; Production;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1997. IECEC-97., Proceedings of the 32nd Intersociety

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4515-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1997.656723

Filename

656723