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

R. ESPINAL; A. ANZOLA; M.E. ADROVER; E. LÓPEZ; R. CHIMENTAO; F. MEDINA; D. BORIO; J. LLORCA

Porto

Conferencia; 11th International Conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors, ICCMR-11; 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.