Thermodynamic analysis of hydrogen production via Sorption-Enhanced Chemical-Looping Reforming

dc.contributor.authorRamos, Pedro
dc.contributor.departmentChalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för energi och miljösv
dc.contributor.departmentChalmers University of Technology / Department of Energy and Environmenten
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-03T12:39:19Z
dc.date.available2019-07-03T12:39:19Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractHydrogen production via Sorption-Enhanced Chemical-Looping reforming combines hydrocarbon (in this case methane) reforming, by chemical-looping autothermal reforming, with water-gas shift and carbonation reactions. Both H2 production rate and concentration depend on the chemical equilibrium that is established in the fuel reactor and that is influenced by several parameters (temperature, pressure, H2O/CH4 content and presence/absence of CaO). This report focus its attention, in a first part, on understanding, through an Aspen Plus model, the influence that those parameters have on the equilibrium composition, as well as in the thermal optimization of the process, so that no heat no heat demand occurs. In a second part, experiments were carried out, in a bench-scale fluidized bed reactor, in order to demonstrate the feasibility of this process, as well as the effects created by some of those previously mentioned parameters. For the thermodynamically balanced system it was possible to produce a high purity H2 (> 95%) at 650°C and 5 atm, using a H2O/CH4 ratio of 2. At these conditions, the process efficiency was 77,8% and the CO2 capture rate of 95,0%.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/145540
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesExamensarbete. T - Institutionen för energi och miljö, Avdelningen för energiteknik, Chalmers tekniska högskola
dc.setspec.uppsokLifeEarthScience
dc.subjectEnergi
dc.subjectHållbar utveckling
dc.subjectKemisk energiteknik
dc.subjectKatalys
dc.subjectKemisk produktionsteknik
dc.subjectEnergy
dc.subjectSustainable Development
dc.subjectChemical energy engineering
dc.subjectCatalysis
dc.subjectChemical manufacturing engineering
dc.titleThermodynamic analysis of hydrogen production via Sorption-Enhanced Chemical-Looping Reforming
dc.type.degreeExamensarbete för masterexamensv
dc.type.degreeMaster Thesisen
dc.type.uppsokH
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