Hydrogen Production from Sorption Enhanced Biogas Steam Reforming Using Nickel-Based Catalysts

Authors

  • Janewit Phromprasit Chulalongkorn University
  • Jonathan Powell Newcastle University
  • Amornchai Arpornwichanop Chulalongkorn University
  • Alírio E. Rodrigues University of Porto
  • Suttichai Assabumrungrat Chulalongkorn University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4186/ej.2013.17.4.19

Keywords:

Hydrogen production, sorption enhanced, biogas steam reforming, bed arrangements, nickel-based catalysts.

Abstract

Hydrogen gas is a clean and sustainable fuel/energy carrier considered to be a possible alternative to fossil fuels. Sorption enhanced biogas steam reforming is a process which combines a CO2 adsorption unit with a hydrogen production unit. In the CO2 sorption section, CaO was selected as the adsorbent due to its high stoichiometric adsorption capacity. From the adsorption test, the highest adsorption capacity (0.2849 gCO2/gCaO) was achieved at a temperature of 873 K. Four types of bed arrangement were investigated using a feed gas with a CH4/CO2 ratio of 1.5, an S/C ratio of 3, a temperature of 873 K and at atmospheric pressure. The results indicate that the Type II system (Catalyst physical mixed with sorbent system packed in fixed bed quartz reactor, 0.8 g of 12.5 wt% Ni/Al2O3 mixed with 2 g of CaO) exhibits the highest improvement in CH4 conversion with the introduction of CO2 adsorption (93.0% and 81.7%, with and without CO2 sorption, respectively) and high purity hydrogen was produced (97.0% v/v and 62.3% v/v, with and without CO2 sorption respectively).

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Author Biographies

Janewit Phromprasit

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Jonathan Powell

Newcastle University International – Singapore, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

Amornchai Arpornwichanop

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Alírio E. Rodrigues

Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering, Associate Laboratory (LSRE) Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal

Suttichai Assabumrungrat

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

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Vol 17 No 4, Apr 18, 2013
How to Cite
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J. Phromprasit, J. Powell, A. Arpornwichanop, A. E. Rodrigues, and S. Assabumrungrat, “Hydrogen Production from Sorption Enhanced Biogas Steam Reforming Using Nickel-Based Catalysts”, Eng. J., vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 19-34, Apr. 2013.

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