Abstract
Palladium-based membranes for hydrogen separation have been studied by several research groups during the last 40 years. Much effort has been dedicated to improving the hydrogen flux of these membranes employing different alloys, supports, deposition/production techniques, etc. High flux and cheap membranes, yet stable at different operating conditions are required for their exploitation at industrial scale. The integration of membranes in multifunctional reactors (membrane reactors) poses additional demands on the membranes as interactions at different levels between the catalyst and the membrane surface can occur. Particularly, when employing the membranes in fluidized bed reactors, the selective layer should be resistant to or protected against erosion. In this review we will also describe a novel kind of membranes, the pore-filled type membranes prepared by Pacheco Tanaka and coworkers that represent a possible solution to integrate thin selective membranes into membrane reactors while protecting the selective layer. This work is focused on recent advances on metallic supports, materials used as an intermetallic diffusion layer when metallic supports are used and the most recent advances on Pd-based composite membranes. Particular attention is paid to improvements on sulfur resistance of Pd based membranes, resistance to hydrogen embrittlement and stability at high temperature.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 51 |
Journal | Molecules |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
Keywords
- Membranes
- Membrane reactor
- Pore-filled
- Palladium membranes
- Inorganic membranes
Project and Funding Information
- Project ID
- info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/278997/EU/Advanced Multi-Fuel Reformer for Fuel Cell CHP Systems/REFORCELL
- info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/621181/EU/A Flexible natural gas membrane Reformer for m-CHP applications/FERRET
- Funding Info
- The presented work is funded within Reforcell (grant agreement No. 278997) and FERRET (grant agreement No. 621181) projects as part of European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) for the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative.