An experimental and techno-economic assessment of solar reforming for H2 production

Parametric Study for Thermal and Catalytic Methane Pyrolysis for Hydrogen Production: Techno-Economic and Scenario Analysis

“…For TMPG-S3 and CMPG-S4, where all C is combusted leading to no profits from the selling of C, the same economic parameters of costs of the MP reactor and reactant were reported as the most influential factors with variations of 6.0% and 3.9%, and 5.6% and 3.9%, respectively (Figure 8a,b). On the other hand, the scale of certain chemical engineering processes is also known to be a very influential factor to determine their economic feasibility [65]. Therefore, a scenario analysis for H2 production scale, which can lead to a cost reduction in capital cost On the other hand, the scale of certain chemical engineering processes is also known to be a very influential factor to determine their economic feasibility [65].…”

“…On the other hand, the scale of certain chemical engineering processes is also known to be a very influential factor to determine their economic feasibility [65]. Therefore, a scenario analysis for H2 production scale, which can lead to a cost reduction in capital cost On the other hand, the scale of certain chemical engineering processes is also known to be a very influential factor to determine their economic feasibility [65]. Therefore, a scenario analysis for H 2 production scale, which can lead to a cost reduction in capital cost as reported [66], and the different C selling price in the system of TMP-S1 and CMP-S2, which is a very crucial economic factor as reported by the sensitivity analysis, to reflect a pessimistic price fluctuation and low product quality of C, was conducted and compared to conventional H 2 production methods of SMR (USD 0.94-1.78 kgH 2 −1 ) and SMR with CCS (USD 1.45-2.38 kgH 2 −1 ) [67] (Figure 9).…”

Thermodynamic assessment and techno-economic analysis of a liquid indium-based chemical looping system for biomass gasification

“…To evaluate the economic viability of the process, a techno-economic assessment is also carried out using the methodology proposed in “Australian Liquid Fuel Techno-economic Assessment (ALFTA)” [43] . In the present study, two competitive reference cases were considered; a conventional reforming plant for hydrogen production, and the CSIRO membrane system [44] . The techno-economic assessment accounts for the capital cost, operating and maintenance cost (O&M) – assumed to be 2.5% of total capital cost, and insurance at 1% of total capital cost.…”

“…The values associated with natural gas consumption, the operating cost of the CSIRO membrane system, and a conventional reforming plant can be found in Ref. [44] . The values for insurance, operating cost were estimated using the values suggested by Hinkley et al [45] , [46] , [43] .…”

Green Syngas by Solar Dry Reforming

“…While carbon nanoparticles still exist in this solar-powered reforming process, they seemed to work synergistically by enhancing heat transfer to the gaseous reactants and functioning as a catalyst. 2 Another groundbreaking approach to green syngas by solar dry reforming utilizes an isothermal, perovskite-based, redox membrane reactor, powered by concentrated solar energy at 840 C-1,030 C. 3 The mode of operation of this process involves the reduction of CO 2 by oxygen vacancies in a non-stoichiometric, redox-active perovskite into CO. The oxygen inserted from CO 2 into the perovskite lattice on the reduction side of the membrane diffuses to the other side of the membrane, driven by an oxygen vacancy gradient, where it partially oxidizes CH 4 to CO and H 2 .…”