In this work, the dry reforming of methane was studied using a corona and gliding discharge plasma microreactors. A chemical kinetic model was developed to describe the experimental behavior observed. The kinetic model is proposed based on the assumption that the reactant molecules CH4 or CO2 are attacked by active species produced b...

Current environmental problems have created the need to search for cleaner fuels. Hydrogen has been proposed as a clean fuel because its combustion by-product is water. Unfortunately, hydrogen is not readily available in pure form. It is obtained from steam reforming (CH4 +2H2O→4H2 +CO2) and dry reforming (CH4 +CO2→2CO+2H2) [1] and has to be separated from methane, carbon dioxide and smaller am...

Introduction Hydrogen as a fuel has recently been an important issue due to developments in fuel cell technology. Hydrogen production from sustainable sources, e.g. biomass, is gaining attention for a CO2 neutral energy supply. Recent developments in flash pyrolysis technologies make it possible to convert lignocellulosic biomass efficiently to a bio-oil, which is easier for handling and transp...

The partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas was investigated in a novel type of perm selective membrane reactor using Perowskite hollow fibers. The operating behaviour of this membrane reactor integrating the process steps selective separation of oxygen from air, selective O2 transfer in the membrane and oxidation of methane with simultaneous steam reforming was investigated theoretically...

The ignition delay times of methane/air mixture diluted by N2 and CO2 were experimentally measured in a chemical shock tube. The experiments were performed over the temperature range of 1300-2100 K, pressure range of 0.1-1.0 MPa, equivalence ratio range of 0.5-2.0 and for the dilution coefficients of 0%, 20% and 50%. The results suggest that a linear relationship exists between the reciprocal o...

Magnesium nickel silicate (MNS) has been investigated as a catalyst to convert tars and light hydrocarbons to syngas (CO and H2) by steam reforming and CO2 reforming in the presence of H2S for biomass gasification process at NexTech Materials. It was observed that complete CH4 conversion could be achieved on MNS catalyst granules at 800–900 °C and a space velocity of 24,000 mL/g/h in a simulate...

In Pt/ZrO2 catalysts used for CO2/CH4 reforming to syngas, not all accessible Pt contributes equally to the activity of the catalyst. The catalytic activity is determined by the accessibility of Pt on the Pt-ZrO2 perimeter. This is explained in terms of the CO2 activation via carbonate species on the support which must be in the proximity of the Pt particles to react with the methane activated ...

Steam methane reforming is a major method of hydrogen production. However, this usually suffers from low energy efficiency and high carbon-emission intensity. To solve issue, novel steam-methane-reforming process over Ni-based catalyst in pressurized dual fluidized bed reactor proposed work. A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for the complex physicochemical was built t...