Comprehensive study on catalytic coating tubular reactor with electromagnetic induction heating for hydrogen production through methanol steam reforming

Abstract

This study presents an induction heating-based reactor for on-board methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production reactors and distributed hydrogen refueling stations, with the goal of developing a hydrogen production process with zero carbon emissions. The numerical results showed that the enhanced hydrogen production performance and temperature cold spots could be eliminated, and the methanol conversion was close to 100%. at 150 A and 20 kHz. Induction heating may significantly shorten the reactor's cold start-up time. Under 50 kHz, the temperature of the reactor wall can reach more than 500 K in 50 s, in other words, induction heating overcomes the problems of slowly heating/cooling rate for on-board methanol steam reforming for hydrogen generation reactors. Overall, this study supports the feasibility of producing green hydrogen with zero carbon emissions for advancing the development of an environmental hydrogen economy and the cold start-up of distributed hydrogen energy and vehicle-used hydrogen production equipment.