Combined methane and ethanol reforming for pure hydrogen production through Pd-based membranes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1430-1438

  Borgognoni, Fabio ^a,b   Tosti, Silvano ^a   Vadrucci, Monia ^a   Santucci, Alessia ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dense Pd Ag membranes; Methane and ethanol steam reforming; Pure hydrogen

Indexed keywords

CATALYST BEDS; ETHANOL REFORMING; ETHANOL STEAM REFORMING; FEED MOLAR RATIO; HIGH WATER; HYDROGEN YIELDS; MOLAR RATIO; PD-BASED MEMBRANE; PD/AG MEMBRANES; PDAG MEMBRANE; PRESSURE RANGES; SHELL-SIDE; VACUUM PUMPING; WATER/ETHANOL MIXTURES;

EXPERIMENTS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANE; PLATINUM; STEAM REFORMING;

ETHANOL;

EID: 84872285005     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.11.036     Document Type: Article

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