Abstract
Considerable work has been reported concerning catalytic steam reforming, partial oxidation and oxidative steam reforming (autothermal reforming) aimed at hydrogen generation from alcohol-water mixtures. They include methanol, ethanol, glycerol, and the exploitiation of renewable bio-alcohols. The use of catalytic membrane reactors, with simultaneous generation and separation of hydrogen, appears as an attractive approach to optimize downstream separation and to substantially simplify on-site/on-demand alcohol reformers. Catalytic membrane reactors reduce capital costs by combining the reforming process and hydrogen separation in one system, allow an enhancement of the alcohol conversion of the equilibrium-limited reforming processes, and are able to directly produce a high purity hydrogen stream for feeding fuel cells if dense Pd-based membranes are used.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Alcohols and Bioalcohols |
| Subtitle of host publication | Characteristics, Production and Uses |
| Publisher | Nova Science Publishers, Inc. |
| Pages | 181-204 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781634631877 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781633219342 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
