Microwave-assisted low temperature steam reforming of methanol for hydrogen production

Master thesis (2010)

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T. Durka (mentor)
G. Mul (mentor)
G. Stefanidis (mentor)
A.I. Stankiewicz (mentor)
Programme
Intensified Reaction & Separation Systems (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2010 Reus, M.A
Heterogeneous catalysis Microwaves Methanol steam reforming
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19-05-2010

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Intensified Reaction & Separation Systems

Abstract

Microwave effects on heterogeneous reactions are nowadays widely investigated due to the potential benefits coming from providing energy to the reaction zone in a different way. This study is focused on the investigation of the microwave effect on the low temperature steam reforming of methanol for the production of hydrogen. Therefore the performance of reactions carried out under conductive and microwave heating are compared. The microwave-assisted reactions showed a significant increase in conversion and product yields opposed to reactions carried out under conductive heating. This is attributed to the existence of temperature gradients on the micro-scale.

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