Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
||
| Reference Number | GR/S25005/01 | |
| Title | An alternative technology for low temperature hydrogen production | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen production) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr E Alpay No email address given Chemical Engineering Imperial College London |
|
| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 04 December 2003 | |
| End Date | 03 December 2006 | |
| Duration | 36 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £70,650 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Chemicals; Energy | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | Physical Sciences | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr E Alpay , Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London (99.999%) |
| Other Investigator | Dr F Stepanek , Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London (0.001%) |
|
| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , British Nuclear Fuels plc (0.000%) Project Contact , Engelhard Corporation, USA (0.000%) |
|
| Web Site | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The work aims to develop a novel technology for hydrogen production through Steam Methane Reforming. The concept of adsorption enhanced reaction utilised to overcome the reaction equilibria, and thus considerably reduce the operating temperature necessary for a particular production rate, and provic in-situ separation (concentration) of hydrogen gas. However, unlike previous studies in this area, the continuous flow of adsorbent within a packed or structured reactor is considered. Adsorbent regeneration is carried out outside the reactor, thus decoupling the reaction and regeneration phases, and enabling a steady-flow (non-periodic) process analogue for adsorption enhanced reaction. The novel process can be viewed as the adsorptive-reactor equivalent fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process, but in which the adsorbent is the transported medium. Like the FCC process, the benefits of this process are exp to be substantial, with the excellent control of adsorbent residence time in thiscase, the continuous supply of feed to a single unit, and an integrated ene supply system. The work at ICSTM will focus on process modelling and optimisation so as to: (i) guide the experimental studies, e.g. optimal operating conditions and choice of catalyst and adsorbent combinations, (ii) evaluate catalyst arrangements other than a packed bed, such as parallel-passage and monolith arrangements, and (iii) to provide a detailed economic evaluation of identified process configurations | |
| Publications | (none) |
|
| Final Report | (none) |
|
| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
