In a methanol-reforming system, because the mixture of methanol and water must be evaporated before reaching the reforming reaction zone, having an appropriate evaporator design is a fundamental requirement for completing the reforming reaction. This...
Hydrogen production through methanol reforming processes has been stimulated over the years due to increasing interest in fuel cell technology and clean energy production. Among different types of methanol reforming, the steam reforming of methanol h...
Several Cu and Ni-based catalysts were synthetized over Ce-based supports, either pure or mixed with different amounts of alumina (1:2 and 1:3 mol/mol). Different metal loadings (10–40 wt%) and preparation methods (wet impregnation, co-precipit...
Waste heat recovery was considered as a promising candidate for energy conservation and emission reduction. Methanol steam reforming was considered to be an effective means for hydrogen production because of its advantages. In this work, a micro reac...
Methanol steam reforming is a promising technology for producing hydrogen for onboard fuel cell applications. The methanol conversion rate and the contents of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in the reformate, significantly depend on the...
The production of pure hydrogen is one of the most important problems of the modern chemical industry. While high volume production of hydrogen is well under control, finding a cheap method of hydrogen production for small, mobile, or his receivers,...
Methanol, which can be derived from sustainable energy sources such as biomass, solar power, and wind power, is widely considered an ideal hydrogen carrier for distributed and mobile hydrogen production. In this study, a comprehensive comparison of t...
The advent of fuel cells has led to a series of studies on hydrogen production. As an excellent hydrogen carrier, methanol can be used for reforming to produce hydrogen. Copper-based catalysts have been widely used in methanol reforming due to their...
Hydrogen has attracted growing attention for various uses, and, particularly, for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) supply. However, PEMFCs need high grade hydrogen, which is difficult in storing and transportation. To solve these issu...
Methanol steam reforming (MSR) is a promising technology for on-board hydrogen production in fuel cell applications. Although traditional Cu-based catalysts demonstrate high catalytic activity and selectivity towards CO2 relative to CO, which is prod...
Methanol reforming is considered to be one of the most promising hydrogen production technologies for hydrogen fuel cells. It is expected to solve the problem of hydrogen storage and transportation because of its high hydrogen production rate, low co...
Due to its low operating temperature, the performance of a methanol steam reformer depends on efficient thermal integration. In particular, the integration of the evaporator is crucial to enhance thermal efficiency. This paper presents two different...
Methanol adsorption over both supported NiSn Nps and analogous NiSn catalyst prepared by impregnation was studied by in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) to gain insights into the basis of hydrogen production f...
Automobile exhaust heat recovery is considered to be an effective means to enhance fuel utilization. The catalytic production of hydrogen by methanol steam reforming is an attractive option for onboard mobile applications, due to its many advantages....
This study investigates the influence of the phosphorus-to-nickel (P:Ni) ratio on methanol steam reforming (MSR) over nickel phosphide catalysts using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The catalytic behavior of Ni(111) and Ni12P5(001) sur...
The demand for environmentally friendly types of energy is growing all over the world, which naturally increases the intensity of studies on fuel mixtures that have high contents of hydrogen. In this case, methanol steam reforming is a leading effect...
Compared to steam reforming, methanol aqueous-phase reforming (APR) converts methanol to hydrogen and carbon dioxide at lower temperatures, but also displays lower conversion rates. Herein, methanol APR is studied over the active Pt/Al2O3 catalyst un...
Copper-based catalysts are widely used in methanol steam reforming to produce hydrogen. In this paper, the supportive effect of the crystal phase of ZrO2 on Cu-based catalysts in methanol steam reforming is discussed. Monoclinic(m-), Tetragonal(t-) a...
Methanol steam reforming (MSR) is considered an effective method for hydrogen storage and to generate high-quality hydrogen for fuel cells. In this work, a comprehensive investigation of the methanol steam reforming process using a bimetallic Pt&ndas...
Methanol as a hydrogen carrier can be reformed with steam over Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts. In this paper a comprehensive pseudo-homogenous model of a multi-tubular packed-bed reformer has been developed to investigate the impact of operating conditions a...
In this work, bimetallic Cu-Ni catalysts supported on binary oxides containing ZnO, ZrO2, CeO2 and Al2O3 were investigated in hydrogen production via the oxidative steam reforming of methanol (OSRM). Their physicochemical properties were extensively...
Abstract: Methanol steam reforming is a promising process for the generation of hydrogen. In this study, Au catalysts supported on modified montmorillonite were prepared and their catalytic activity for methanol steam reforming was investigated at 25...
Methanol is a prospective hydrogen storage medium that holds the potential to address the challenges of hydrogen storage and transportation. However, hydrogen production via methanol steam reforming faces several key obstacles, including high reactio...
The pursuit of carbon neutrality has accelerated advancements in sustainable hydrogen production and storage methods, increasing the importance of methanol steam reforming (MSR) technology. Catalysts are central to MSR technology and are primarily cl...
In this study, ZnFe2O4 and ZnO-ZnFe2O4 catalysts were prepared using the glycine–nitrate process (GNP). The prepared ZnFe2O4 and ZnO-ZnFe2O4 catalyst powders were characterized using a scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microsc...
Methanol steam reforming (MSR) represents a highly promising pathway for sustainable hydrogen production due to its favorable hydrogen-to-carbon ratio and relatively low operating temperatures. The performance of the MSR process is strongly dependent...
The article describes a mathematical model of methanol steam reforming taking place at the anode of a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC). An artificial neural network with an appropriate structure was subjected to a learning process on the data obtain...
In this study, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were prepared by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) using acetylene as a carbon source over an iron catalyst. As-prepared MWCNTs were used to support modern mono-copper, palladium, and bimetallic pa...
This study performs energetic and exergetic comparisons between the steam methane reforming and steam methanol reforming technologies combined with HT-PEMFC and a carbon capture/liquefaction system for use in hydrogen-fueled ships. The required space...
A research and technological challenge for fuel processors integrated with High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (HT-PEMFCs), also known as Internal Reforming Methanol Fuel Cells (IRMFCs), operating at 200–220 °C, is the...
The activation and catalytic performance of two representative Zr-containing intermetallic systems, namely Cu-Zr and Pd-Zr, have been comparatively studied operando using methanol steam reforming (MSR) as test reaction. Using an inverse surface scien...
In this study, a series of A-site strontium-doped La1-xSrxCeO3-δ (x = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8) perovskite catalysts were synthesized via the ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) sol-gel method for hydrogen production by methanol steam reforming. T...
In this work, we found that sodium doping can be used to improve CO2 selectivity for supported Pt catalyst during methanol steam reforming. These materials are usually very active in the low temperature range; however, they are characterized by high...
Fe-modified Cu catalysts with CeO2 support, prepared by the impregnation method, were subjected to physicochemical analysis and catalytic tests in the steam reforming of methanol (SRM). Physicochemical studies of the catalysts were carried out using...
Methanol Steam Reforming (MSR) is one of the most promising technologies in the hydrogen economy, and copper-based catalysts have become the core materials in this field due to their high activity and low cost. In this paper, we systematically review...
Production of green chemicals using a biomass derived feedstock is of current interest. Among the processes, the hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol (1,2-PD) using externally supplied molecular hydrogen has been studied quite extensively. T...
Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts were prepared for online methanol steam reforming (MSR) using a conventional sol–gel method in this study. The optimal preparation conditions, including the calcination temperature, Cu loading, molar ratio of citric acid...
CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts are commonly used for the methanol steam reforming reaction. The oxalate precursor of CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts were prepared via the co-precipitation method using oxalic acid as the precipitator, deionized water and ethanol as...
Magnetic inducement was applied during metal loading to enhance Cu-Zn catalysts for methanol steam reforming in the temperature range of 200–300 °C. The supports used in this study were the γ-Al2O3 support and CeO2-Al2O3 supports prepared under diffe...
In this study, we reported on the effect of promoting Ni/ZrO2 catalysts with Ce, Ca (two different loadings), and Y for the aqueous-phase reforming (APR) of methanol. We mainly focused on the effect of the redox properties of ceria and the basicity p...
This study investigates the effect of potassium (K) promotion on Pt/m-ZrO2 catalysts in methanol steam reforming (MSR), revealing critical insights into reaction pathways and catalyst performance. While increasing K loading reduces catalytic activity...
Methanol steam reforming (MSR) is studied on a Pt3Sn surface using the density functional theory (DFT). An MSR network is mapped out, including several reaction pathways. The main pathway proposed is CH3OH + OH → CH3O → CH2O → CH2O + O...
The study of methanol steam reforming (MSR) over a Pt-Rh/TiO2-In2O3 catalyst was carried out in traditional and membrane reactors using Pd-Cu foil treated by various methods. This catalyst showed the highest catalytic activity in a conventional react...
The development of highly active, thermally stable, and low-CO-selective catalysts is critical for practical methanol steam reforming (MSR) to produce high-purity hydrogen for fuel cell applications. In this work, a series of Mn–Cu/Al2Ox cataly...
The glycerol hydrogenolysis to produce 1,2-propanediol without using externally supplied hydrogen was investigated using methanol present in crude glycerol to provide in situ hydrogen via its steam reforming reaction. This paper focuses on the promot...
A methanol steam reformer converts methanol and steam into a hydrogen-rich mixture through an endothermic reaction. The methanol reformer is divided into a reaction section and a heat supply section that transfers thermal energy from 200 to 300 °...
In this work, the electronic properties of the metal sites in cubic and monoclinic ZrO2 supported Pd and PdCu catalysts have been investigated using CO as probe molecule in in-situ IR studies, and the surface composition of the outermost layers has b...
A simple proportional integral (PI) controller with scheduled gain has been developed and implemented in a catalytic membrane reactor (CMR) to obtain pure hydrogen from a methanol steam reforming process. The controller is designed to track the setpo...
Compared with the traditional granular catalyst, a mesh-type structured CuZn-based catalyst prepared by the self-growth ordered nanoporous carrier γ-Al2O3/Al can adapt to the MSR reaction system with high flux, strong mass transfer and heat tra...
Renewable methanol is considered a promising carrier for sustainable hydrogen due to its convenience in storage and transportation. Methanol steam reforming (MSR) using exhaust heat from industrial boilers can further enhance energy efficiency. Howev...
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