Abstract
In this study, sorption-enhanced methanol steam reforming (SEMSR) was applied to generate high-purity hydrogen. The mesoporous MCM-41 as support and CuO, ZnO, CeO2, ZrO2 as active agents and promoters were employed for the catalyst preparation. In addition, (Li–Na–K) NO3·MgO as a CO2 adsorbent was prepared by the wet mixing method. The fresh and used catalysts were characterized by XRD, BET, FTIR, FESEM, TEM, H2-TPR and TGA analyses. Also, the CO2 sorbent was studied by XRD, BET, FESEM, TEM and TGA analyses before and after the reaction. The SEMSR performances of the synthesized catalyst and adsorbent were evaluated experimentally in a fixed-bed reactor. The effect of various conditions such as temperature, WHSV, feed molar ratio and sorbent/catalyst ratio were investigated. The best results were obtained at 300 °C, a feed molar ratio (water/methanol) of 2:1, a WHSV of 1.62 h−1, and the sorbent/catalyst ratio of 8:1, which produced 99.8% hydrogen, 25% more than the hydrogen production during conventional methanol steam reforming. Moreover, the cyclic stability of the catalyst and the sorbent was studied for 10 cycles.
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