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Supported Pd-Au membrane reactor for hydrogen production: Membrane preparation, characterization and testing

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  • A. Iulianelli
  • M. Alavi
  • G. Bagnato
  • S. Liguori
  • J. Wilcox
  • M.R. Rahimpour
  • R. Eslamlouyan
  • B. Anzelmo
  • A. Basile
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Article number581
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>9/05/2016
<mark>Journal</mark>Molecules
Issue number5
Volume21
Number of pages13
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>Undefined/Unknown

Abstract

A supported Pd-Au (Au 7wt%) membrane was produced by electroless plating deposition. Permeation tests were performed with pure gas (H2, H2, N2, CO2, CH4) for long time operation. After around 400 h under testing, the composite Pd-Au membrane achieved steady state condition, with an H2/N2 ideal selectivity of around 500 at 420 °C and 50 kPa as transmembrane pressure, remaining stable up to 1100 h under operation. Afterwards, the membrane was allocated in a membrane reactor module for methane steam reforming reaction tests. As a preliminary application, at 420 °C, 300 kPa of reaction pressure, space velocity of 4100 h−1, 40% methane conversion and 35% hydrogen recovery were reached using a commercial Ni/Al2O3 catalyst. Unfortunately, a severe coke deposition affected irreversibly the composite membrane, determining the loss of the hydrogen permeation characteristics of the supported Pd-Au membrane.