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T1 - Supported Pd-Au membrane reactor for hydrogen production: Membrane preparation, characterization and testing
AU - Iulianelli, A.
AU - Alavi, M.
AU - Bagnato, G.
AU - Liguori, S.
AU - Wilcox, J.
AU - Rahimpour, M.R.
AU - Eslamlouyan, R.
AU - Anzelmo, B.
AU - Basile, A.
PY - 2016/5/9
Y1 - 2016/5/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Pd-Au membrane
KW - methane steam reforming
KW - composite membrane
KW - hydrogen production
U2 - 10.3390/molecules21050581
DO - 10.3390/molecules21050581
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
JO - Molecules
JF - Molecules
SN - 1420-3049
IS - 5
M1 - 581
ER -