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The membrane-assisted chemical looping reforming concept for efficient H2 production with inherent CO2 capture: Experimental demonstration and model validation

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  • Medrano, J.A.
  • Potdar, I.
  • Melendez, J.
  • Spallina, V.
  • Pacheco-Tanaka, D.A.
  • van Sint Annaland, M.
  • Gallucci, F.

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In this work a novel reactor concept referred to as Membrane-Assisted Chemical Looping Reforming (MA-CLR) has been demonstrated at lab scale under different operating conditions for a total working time of about 100 h. This reactor combines the advantages of Chemical Looping, such as CO2 capture and good thermal integration, with membrane technology for a better process integration and direct product separation in a single unit, which in its turn leads to increased efficiencies and important benefits compared to conventional technologies for H2 production. The effect of different operating conditions (i.e. temperature, steam-to-carbon ratio or oxygen feed in the reactor) has been evaluated in a continuous chemical looping reactor, and methane conversions above 90% have been measured with (ultra-pure) hydrogen recovery from the membranes. For all the cases a maximum recovery factor of around 30% has been measured, which could be increased by operating the concept at higher pressures and with more membranes. The optimum conditions have been found at temperatures around 600 °C for a steam-to-carbon ratio of 3 and diluted air in the air reactor (5% O2). The complete demonstration has been carried out feeding up to 1 L/min of CH4 (corresponding to 0.6 kW of thermal input) while up to 1.15 L/min of H2 was recovered.

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  • Medrano, J.A. & Potdar, I. & Melendez, J. & Spallina, V. & Pacheco-Tanaka, D.A. & van Sint Annaland, M. & Gallucci, F., 2018. "The membrane-assisted chemical looping reforming concept for efficient H2 production with inherent CO2 capture: Experimental demonstration and model validation," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 215(C), pages 75-86.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:215:y:2018:i:c:p:75-86
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.01.087
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    Membrane reactor; H2 production; Chemical Looping; Steam methane reforming;
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