Chapter 13 - Kinetics of Ethanol Steam Reforming for Hydrogen Production

Abstract

Hydrogen (H2) – a clean energy carrier – is in much demand, especially for fuel cell technology. Ethanol produced from biomass offers a credible option for storing H2 in chemical form as liquid and simply releasing it for fuel cells via steam reforming. As apparent from the recent literature, there is growing interest in the ethanol reforming process, especially, on catalysts, thermodynamics, kinetics, and reactor engineering. The core of this work is a comprehensive discussion on ethanol reforming kinetics and modeling approaches. Heterogeneous models for reaction kinetics over noble and nonnoble metal catalysts are considered. This work will be useful in the field of biomass precursor reforming reaction kinetics.