Ethanol steam reforming in a catalytic membrane reactor loaded with a hydrotalcite-derived cobalt catalyst

RAUL ESPINAL ; ANDRÉS ANZOLA; ESPERANZA ADROVER; EDUARDO LÓPEZ; R. CHIMETAO; F. MEDINA; DANIEL BORIO; JORDI LLORCA

Porto

Conferencia; 11th International Conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors, Porto-Portugal, 7-11/06/2013; 2013

This work is based in the study of the performance of a hydrotalcite-derived cobalt catalyst in a catalytic membrane reactor to obtain PEM fuel cell-grade hydrogen (Pd-Ag membrane, permeate pressure 1 atm, no sweep gas). Different reactor configurations, temperature (673-873 K), pressure (1-18 bar), ethanol load and steam-to-carbon (S/C=1.8-3) ratios have been tested.