“…Membrane reactors are also used for GSR, with H 2 ‐selective Paladium (Pd)‐membranes, to obtain H 2 feed with a low level of impurities. The published papers showed that membrane reactors increased conversion and H 2 yield relative to traditional (packed bed) reactors . Comparisons are often made with SR catalysts which are not always optimized for GSR; therefore, some catalyst deactivation occurs.…”
Although natural gas is the main feedstock for the production of hydrogen and syngas, liquid hydrocarbons and oxygenated compounds are of interest for reasons associated with their local availability and their easiness to be stored and transported. This review focuses on steam, dry, and partial oxidation of liquid feedstock. The vast research work published in these fields does not allow for a full coverage of the entire literature. Instead, the authors present from both scientific and technical stand points the knowledge which seems more promising toward eventual improvements of commercial units and utilization of new catalytic formulations. Since traditional steam reforming is relatively very well covered by other reviews, this review has mainly focused on the relatively recent works on glycerol, a biodiesel production by-product, and the widely available and distributed commercial diesel/biodiesel. New promising catalytic formulations are proposed and are actually under testing for eventual commercial use. Nevertheless these catalysts might be eventually efficient for gaseous (e.g., CH 4 ) hydrocarbons conversion to syngas. Dry and partial oxidation has also been reviewed both globally and in an incremental way. All liquid feedstock tested are reported. Finally, this review tries to bridge the gap between fundamental and factual research in this field. Both are important but the interpretation of the results remains a strong function of each paper's main focus. This review does not pretend that this gap is fully bridged but it has the ambition to help the researchers as well as the practitioners in this area to synthesize the existing knowledge.
“…Membrane reactors are also used for GSR, with H 2 ‐selective Paladium (Pd)‐membranes, to obtain H 2 feed with a low level of impurities. The published papers showed that membrane reactors increased conversion and H 2 yield relative to traditional (packed bed) reactors . Comparisons are often made with SR catalysts which are not always optimized for GSR; therefore, some catalyst deactivation occurs.…”
Although natural gas is the main feedstock for the production of hydrogen and syngas, liquid hydrocarbons and oxygenated compounds are of interest for reasons associated with their local availability and their easiness to be stored and transported. This review focuses on steam, dry, and partial oxidation of liquid feedstock. The vast research work published in these fields does not allow for a full coverage of the entire literature. Instead, the authors present from both scientific and technical stand points the knowledge which seems more promising toward eventual improvements of commercial units and utilization of new catalytic formulations. Since traditional steam reforming is relatively very well covered by other reviews, this review has mainly focused on the relatively recent works on glycerol, a biodiesel production by-product, and the widely available and distributed commercial diesel/biodiesel. New promising catalytic formulations are proposed and are actually under testing for eventual commercial use. Nevertheless these catalysts might be eventually efficient for gaseous (e.g., CH 4 ) hydrocarbons conversion to syngas. Dry and partial oxidation has also been reviewed both globally and in an incremental way. All liquid feedstock tested are reported. Finally, this review tries to bridge the gap between fundamental and factual research in this field. Both are important but the interpretation of the results remains a strong function of each paper's main focus. This review does not pretend that this gap is fully bridged but it has the ambition to help the researchers as well as the practitioners in this area to synthesize the existing knowledge.
“…It has been reported to be a very efficient catalyst for conversion of ethanol, generally with 100% conversion at low temperatures with high selectivity towards hydrogen. Pt, Pd and Ru have been similarly studied [57,58,[60][61][62][63]. The results for both simple catalysts and those employed in a membrane reactor show almost 100% conversion and high hydrogen selectivity.…”
“…Nevertheless, most hydrogen production processes need further purification with the purpose of preventing electrode poisoning [5]. One-step pure hydrogen production has attracted attention during the past few years [6,7]. The chemical looping technique (CLT) is known as a novel process for hydrogen production from different sources.…”
Abstract:In this paper, the structure of Al 2 O 3 is modified with magnesium to synthesize MgAl 2 O 4 as an oxygen carrier (OC) support. The surface properties and structural stability of the modified support are improved by the incorporation of magnesium in the structure of the support and additionally by narrowing the pore size distribution (about 2.3 nm). Then, iron oxide is impregnated on both an
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