Stable equilibrium shift of methane steam reforming in membrane reactors with hydrogen-selective silica membranes

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1882-1888

  Akamatsu, Kazuki ^a   Murakami, Takuya ^a   Sugawara, Takashi ^a   Kikuchi, Ryuji ^a   Nakao, Shin ichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Membrane reactor; Methane; Silica; Steam reforming

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM SHIFT; FEEDRATE; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; METHANE STEAM REFORMING; NICKEL CATALYST; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; RHODIUM CATALYSTS; SILICA MEMBRANE; STABLE EQUILIBRIUM;

BIOREACTORS; CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANES; METHANE; RHODIUM; SILICA; STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 79958720436     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12404     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Tsuru T, Yamaguchi K, Yoshioka T, Asaeda M. Methane steam reforming by microporous catalytic membrane reactors. AIChE J. 2004; 50: 2794-2805.
2. Lin YM, Liu SL, Chuang CH, Chu YT. Effect of incipient removal of hydrogen: removal through palladium membrane on the conversion of methane steam reforming experimental and modeling. Catal Today. 2003; 82: 127-139.
3. Uemiya S, Sato N, Ando H, Matsuda T, Kikuchi E. Steam reforming of methane in a hydrogen-permeable membrane reactor. Appl Catal. 1991; 67: 223-230.
4. Lægsgaard Jørgensen S, Højlund Nielsen PE, Lehrmann P. Steam reforming of methane in a membrane reactor. Catal Today. 1995; 25: 303-307.
5. Galluccia F, Basile A. Pd-Ag membrane reactor for steam reforming reactions: a comparison between different fuels. Int J Hydrogen Energy. 2008; 33: 1671-1687.
6. Chen Z, Po F, Grace JR, Lim CJ, Elnashaie S, Mahecha-Botero A, Rakib M, Shirasaki Y, Yasuda I. Sorbent-enhanced/membrane-assisted steam-methane reforming. Chem Eng Sci. 2008; 63: 170-182.
7. Kusakabe K, Mizoguchi H, Eda T. Methane steam reforming in a zirconia membrane reactor. J Chem Eng Japan. 2006; 39: 444-447.
8. Gallucci F, Comite A, Capannelli G, Basile A. Steam reforming of methane in a membrane reactor: an industrial case study. Ind Eng Chem Res. 2006; 45: 2994-3000.
9. Hoang DL, Chan SH, Ding OL. Kinetic and modeling study of methane steam reforming over sulfide nickel catalyst on a gamma alumina support. Chem Eng J. 2005; 112: 1-11.
10. Kim JH, Choi BS, Yi J. Modified simulation of methane steam reforming in Pd-membrane/packed-bed type reactor. J Chem Eng Japan. 1999; 32: 760-769.
11. Kameyama T, Dokiya M, Fujishige M, Yokokawa H, Fukuda K. Production of hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide by means of selective diffusion membranes. Int J Hydrogen Energy. 1983; 8: 5-13.
12. Ohashi H, Ohya H, Aihara M, Negishi Y, Semenova SI. Hydrogen production from hydrogen sulfide using membrane reactor integrated with porous membrane having thermal and corrosion resistance. J Membr Sci. 1998; 146: 39-52.
13. Edlund DJ, Pledger WA. Thermolysis of hydrogen sulfide in a metal-membrane reactor. J Membr Sci. 1993; 77: 255-264.
14. Itoh N, Tamura E, Hara S, Takahashi T, Shono A, Satoh K, Namba T. Hydrogen recovery from cyclohexane as a chemical hydrogen carrier using a palladium membrane reactor. Catal Today. 2003; 82: 119-125.
15. Battersby S, Teoxeora PW, Beltramini J, Duke MC, Rudolph V, da Costa JCD. An analysis of the Peclet and Damkohker numbers for dehydrogenation reactions using molecular sieve silica (MSS) membrane reactors. Catal Today. 2006; 116: 12-17.
16. Ohta Y, Akamatsu K, Sugawara T, Nakao A, Miyoshi A, Nakao S. Development of pore size-controlled silica membranes for gas separation by chemical vapor deposition. J Membr Sci. 2008; 315: 93-99.
17. Akamatsu K, Nakane M, Sugawara T, Hattori T, Nakao S. Development of a membrane reactor for decomposing hydrogen sulfide into hydrogen using a high-performance amorphous silica membrane. J Membr Sci. 2008; 325: 16-19.
18. Akamatsu K, Ohta Y, Sugawara T, Hattori T, Nakao S. Production of hydrogen by dehydrogenation of cyclohexane in high-pressure (1-8 atm) membrane reactors using amorphous silica membranes with controlled pore sizes. Ind Eng Chem Res. 2008; 47: 9842-9847.
19. Akamatsu K, Ohta Y, Sugawara T, Kanno N, Tonokura K, Hattori T, Nakao S. Stable high-purity hydrogen production by dehydrogenation of cyclohexane using a membrane reactor with neither carrier gas nor sweep gas. J Membr Sci. 2009; 330: 1-4.
20. Rakib MA, Grace JR, Lim CJ, Elnashaie SSEH. Steam reforming of heptanes in a fluidized bed membrane reactor. J. Power Sources. 2010; 195: 5749-5760.
21. Botero AM, Boyd T, Gulamhusein A, Comyn N, Lim CJ, Grace JR, Shirasaki Y, Yasuda I. Pure hydrogen generation in a fluidized-bed membrane reactor: experimental findings. Chem Eng Sci. 2008; 63: 2752-2762.
22. Adris AM, Lim CJ, Grace JR. The fluidized-bed membrane reactor for steam methane reforming: model verification and parametric study. Chem Eng Sci. 1997; 52: 1609-1622.
23. Yoshino Y, Ando Y, Taguchi H, Itoh N. Selection of CVD precursors for improving high-temperature stability of porous silica membrane for hydrogen separation. Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu. 2008; 34: 242-248 (in Japanese).
24. Zahir MH, Sato K, Mori H, Iwamoto Y, Nomura M, Nakao S. Preparation and properties of hydrothermally stable γ-alumina-based composite mesoporous membranes. J Am Ceram Soc. 2006; 89: 2874-2880.
25. Nomura M, Ono K, Gopalakrishnan S, Sugawara T, Nakao S. Preparation of a stable silica membrane by a counterdiffusion chemical vapor deposition method. J Membr Sci. 2005; 251: 151-158.
26. Thoen PM, Roa F, Way JD. High flux palladium-copper composite membranes for hydrogen separations. Desalination. 2006; 193: 224-229.
27. Hatlevik O, Gade SK, Keeking MK, Thoen OM, Davidson AP, Way JD. Palladium and palladium alloy membranes for hydrogen separation and production: history, fabrication strategies, and current performance. Sep Purif Technol. 2010; 73: 59-64.
28. Nomura M, Seshimo M, Aida H, Natatani K, Gopalakrishnan S, Sugawara T, Ishikawa T, Kawamura M, Nakao S. Preparation of a catalyst composite silica membrane reactor for steam reforming reaction by using a counterdiffusion CVD method. Ind Eng Chem Res. 2006; 45: 3950-3954.