There is a growing need for hydrogen and a future hydrogen economy is high on the political agenda. But where should the hydrogen come from? The “sustainable” routes are still too expensive. Steam reforming of hydrocarbons is the most feasible route today. If CO2-sequestration is accepted, fossil fuels may play an important role in a starting future “hydrogen economy”. This will happen by use o...

Citation: Shiratori Y, Yamakawa T, Sakamoto M, Yoshida H, Kitaoka T, Tran QT, Doan DCT and Dang MC (2017) Biogas Production from Local Biomass Feedstock in the Mekong Delta and Its Utilization for a Direct Internal Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. Front. Environ. Sci. 5:25. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2017.00025 Biogas Production from Local Biomass Feedstock in the Mekong Delta and Its Utilization for a...

Plasmatron fuel converters have been investigated for the conversion of a wide range of fuels. This paper is a series of papers describing an experimental and computational study of plasmatron methane reformers. This paper presents a model that uses limited mixing and chemical kinetics to investigate the plasma assisted reforming of natural gas. The Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR) model from t...

We have applied the method to carbon formation in C02 reforming of methane over eight transition metals, starting with a list of 164 elementary steps and published UBI-QEP calculations of their activation energies and using the MECHEM program for combinatorial pathway generation. The predicted coking pattern Fe > Ni > Ru > Rh, Ir, Pd > Cu, Pt is consistent with experimental results from the lit...

b Catalytic steam reforming of methane, methanol, and ethanol over Ni/YSZ: The possible use of these fuels in internal reforming SOFC N. Laosiripojana a,∗, S. Assabumrungrat b a The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand b Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemic...

Decreasing supplies of high quality crude oil and increasing demand for high quality distillates have motivated the interest in converting natural gas to liquid fuels, especially with the present boom in natural gas proven reserves. Nevertheless, one major issue is the curtailment of costs incurred in producing synthesis gas from natural gas, which account for approximately 60% of the costs use...

In this work, an experimental study of biomass gasification in different operation conditions has been carried out in an updraft gasifier combined with a porous ceramic reformer. The effects of gasifier temperature, steam to biomass ratio (S/B), and reforming temperature on the gas characteristic parameters were investigated with and without porous ceramic filled in reformer. The results indica...

Future large-scale production of H2 for use as a clean fuel will likely depend upon gasifying coal or biomass followed by steam reforming the resulting gas mixture and separating the CO2 byproduct. The process of steam reforming and CO2 separation can be greatly simplified by utilizing a new material that combines a reforming catalyst with a sorbent for CO2. Such a material was prepared in the ...