TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermodynamic analysis of a membrane-assisted chemical looping reforming reactor concept for combined H2 production and CO2 capture
AU - Medrano, J. A.
AU - Spallina, Vincenzo
AU - Van Sint Annaland, M.
AU - Gallucci, F.
PY - 2014/3/18
Y1 - 2014/3/18
N2 - There is great consensus that hydrogen will become an important energy carrier in the future. Currently, hydrogen is mainly produced by steam reforming of natural gas/methane on large industrial scale or by electrolysis of water when high-purity hydrogen is needed for small-scale hydrogen plants. Although the conventional steam reforming process is currently the most economical process for hydrogen production, the global energy and carbon efficiency of this process is still relatively low and an improvement of the process is key for further implementation of hydrogen as a fuel source. Different approaches for more efficient hydrogen production with integrated CO2 capture have been discussed in literature: Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) or Chemical Looping Reforming (CLR) and membrane reactors have been proposed as more efficient alternative reactor concepts relative to the conventional steam reforming process. However, these systems still present some drawbacks. In the present work a novel hybrid reactor concept that combines the CLR technology with a membrane reactor system is presented, discussed and compared with several other novel technologies. Thermodynamic studies for the new reactor concept, referred to as Membrane-Assisted Chemical Looping Reforming (MA-CLR), have been carried out to determine the hydrogen recovery, methane conversion as well as global efficiency under different operating conditions, which is shown to compare quite favorably to other novel technologies for H2 production with CO2 capture.
AB - There is great consensus that hydrogen will become an important energy carrier in the future. Currently, hydrogen is mainly produced by steam reforming of natural gas/methane on large industrial scale or by electrolysis of water when high-purity hydrogen is needed for small-scale hydrogen plants. Although the conventional steam reforming process is currently the most economical process for hydrogen production, the global energy and carbon efficiency of this process is still relatively low and an improvement of the process is key for further implementation of hydrogen as a fuel source. Different approaches for more efficient hydrogen production with integrated CO2 capture have been discussed in literature: Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) or Chemical Looping Reforming (CLR) and membrane reactors have been proposed as more efficient alternative reactor concepts relative to the conventional steam reforming process. However, these systems still present some drawbacks. In the present work a novel hybrid reactor concept that combines the CLR technology with a membrane reactor system is presented, discussed and compared with several other novel technologies. Thermodynamic studies for the new reactor concept, referred to as Membrane-Assisted Chemical Looping Reforming (MA-CLR), have been carried out to determine the hydrogen recovery, methane conversion as well as global efficiency under different operating conditions, which is shown to compare quite favorably to other novel technologies for H2 production with CO2 capture.
KW - Chemical looping
KW - CO capture
KW - Hydrogen production
KW - Membrane assisted chemical looping reforming
KW - Membrane reactor
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.11.126
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.11.126
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84895498321
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 39
SP - 4725
EP - 4738
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 9
ER -