Hydrogen Membrane Technologies and Application in Fuel Processing

2009 ◽  
pp. 357-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Edlund
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Processing ◽  
Membrane Technologies ◽  
Hydrogen Membrane

HYDROGEN FROM HYDROGEN SULPHIDE IN BLACK SEA

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
S. Z. Baykara ◽  
E. H. Figen ◽  
A. Kale ◽  
T. N. Veziroglu
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Hydrogen Sulphide ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Environmental Pollutant ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Fuel Processing ◽  
Acid Gas ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

Hydrogen sulphide, an acid gas, is generally considered an environmental pollutant. As an industrial byproduct, it is produced mostly during fuel processing. Hydrogen sulphide occurs naturally in many gas wells and also in gas hydrates and gas-saturated sediments especially at the bottom of the Black Sea where 90% of the sea water is anaerobic.The anoxic conditions exist in the deepest parts of the basin since nearly 7300 years, caused by the density stratification following the significant influx of the Mediterranean water through the Bosphorous nearly 9000 years ago. Here, H2S is believed to be produced by sulphur reducing bacteria at an approximate rate of 10 000 tons per day, and it poses a serious threat since it keeps reducing the life in the Black Sea. An oxygen–hydrogen sulphide interface is established at 150–200 m below the surface after which H2S concentration starts increasing regularly until 1000 m, and finally reaches a nearly constant value of 9.5 mg/l around 1500 m depth.Hydrogen sulphide potentially has economic value if both sulphur and hydrogen can be recovered. Several methods are studied for H2S decomposition, including thermal, thermochemical, electrochemical, photochemical and plasmochemical methods.In the present work, H2S potential in the Black Sea is investigated as a source of hydrogen, an evaluation of the developing prominent techniques for hydrogen production from H2S is made, and an engineering assessment is carried out regarding hydrogen production from H2S in the Black Sea using a process design based on the catalytic solar thermolysis approach. Possibility of a modular plant is considered for production at larger scale.

scholarly journals Exergy analysis of a biomass-based multi-energy system

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 02017
Author(s):  
Mariagiovanna Minutillo ◽  
Alessandra Perna ◽  
Alessandro Sorce
Keyword(s):  
Exergy Analysis ◽  
Energy System ◽  
H2 Production ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Processing Unit ◽  
Storage Unit ◽  
Fuel Processing ◽  
Fuel Processor ◽  
Energy Processes ◽  
And Storage

This paper focuses on a biofuel-based Multi-Energy System generating electricity, heat and hydrogen. The proposed system, that is conceived as refit option for an existing anaerobic digester plant in which the biomass is converted to biogas, consists of: i) a fuel processing unit, ii) a power production unit based on the SOFC (Solid Oxide Fuel Cell) technology, iii) a hydrogen separation, compression and storage unit. The aim of this study is to define the operating conditions that allow optimizing the plant performances by applying the exergy analysis that is an appropriate technique to assess and rank the irreversibility sources in energy processes. Thus, the exergy analysis has been performed for both the overall plant and main plant components and the main contributors to the overall losses have been evaluated. Moreover, the first principle efficiency and the second principle efficiency have been estimated. Results have highlighted that the fuel processor (the Auto-Thermal Reforming reactor) is the main contributor to the global exergy destruction (9.74% of the input biogas exergy). In terms of overall system performance the plant has an exergetic efficiency of 53.1% (it is equal to 37.7% for the H2 production).

scholarly journals Physical aging in glassy mixed matrix membranes; tuning particle interaction for mechanically robust nanocomposite films

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (27) ◽  
pp. 10627-10634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan J. D. Smith ◽  
Cher Hon Lau ◽  
James I. Mardel ◽  
Melanie Kitchin ◽  
Kristina Konstas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Aging ◽  
Particle Interaction ◽  
Nanocomposite Films ◽  
Mixed Matrix Membranes ◽  
Separation Performance ◽  
Mixed Matrix ◽  
Membrane Technologies ◽  
Matrix Membranes

Addressing the mechanical weakness and physical aging of glassy mixed matrix membranes to realise their potential for enhancing the separation performance of current membrane technologies.

Micromachined Methanol Steam Reforming System Integrated With Catalytic Combustor Using Carbon Nanotubes as Catalyst Supports

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae-Eun Park ◽  
Tae-Kyu Kim ◽  
Sejin Kwon ◽  
Choong-Ki Kim ◽  
Euisik Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Pt Catalyst ◽  
Catalyst Supports ◽  
Fuel Processing ◽  
Reforming Catalyst ◽  
Coating Method ◽  
Catalytic Hydrogen ◽  
Catalytic Combustor ◽  
First Time

In this paper we have successfully demonstrated a new micromachined fuel processing system including vaporizer, catalytic combustor and methanol steam reformer. This fuel processing system utilizes the thermal energy generated from the catalytic hydrogen combustion to heat up the entire system. For the first time, we have used carbon nanotubes as a supporting structure of Pt catalyst for combustion. The catalytic combustor could supply the energy to heat the reformer and maintain its working temperature. We have also developed a new coating method of reforming catalyst (Cu/ZnO/Al2O3) and observed that adequate amount of hydrogen can be generated for PEMFC. We have successfully reported the feasibility of the proposed fuel processing system in each assembled component.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document