A comprehensive review of hydrogen production from methanol thermochemical conversion for sustainability

G Garcia, E Arriola, WH Chen, MD De Luna - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Methanol, a liquid hydrogen carrier, can produce high purity hydrogen when required. This
review discusses and compares current mainstream production pathways of hydrogen from …

Foam: Imparting structure to heterogeneous catalysis

M Makhania, S Upadhyayula - ChemBioEng Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ceramic and metallic foams have been the subject of research for decades due to their
unique and useful properties. The application of foam as a catalytic support is being …

Thermal behavior and hydrogen production of methanol steam reforming and autothermal reforming with spiral preheating

WH Chen, YJ Syu - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2011 - Elsevier
The present study aims to investigate the thermal behavior and hydrogen production
characteristics from methanol steam reforming (MSR) and autothermal reforming (ATR) …

Numerical analysis on steam methane reforming in a plate microchannel reactor: Effect of washcoat properties

C Cao, N Zhang, Y Cheng - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The effect of washcoat properties is theoretically investigated for steam methane reforming
(SMR) in a plate microchannel reactor. Transport phenomena and reaction within the …

High-performance catalyst of methanol steam reformer based on Cu foam with nanofiber architectures

C Ha, Z Wang, C Wang, J Qin, Z Zhou, S Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Steam reforming of methanol is an effective way to provide an on-line hydrogen source for
fuel cells. However, due to the poor utilization of the performance of the catalyst, the …

CaRMeN: a tool for analysing and deriving kinetics in the real world

H Gossler, L Maier, S Angeli, S Tischer… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper presents the concepts of an open software tool (CaRMeN) that can be used to
rapidly analyse and derive models, in particular chemical kinetics. The software automates …

Modeling of microreactor for methane dry reforming: Comparison of Langmuir–Hinshelwood kinetic and microkinetic models

A Behroozsarand, AN Pour - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Synthesis gas production via CO 2 (dry reforming) of natural gas (mostly CH 4) has attracted
increasing since both are greenhouse gases. The aim of this work is the comparison of …

Interaction of heterogeneous and homogeneous kinetics with mass and heat transfer in catalytic reforming of logistic fuels

L Maier, M Hartmann, S Tischer, O Deutschmann - Combustion and Flame, 2011 - Elsevier
A modeling and simulation concept is presented for a better understanding of the interaction
of heterogeneous and homogeneous conversion with mass and heat transfer in compact …

Diffusion and reaction in foam-based catalysts: Identifying the shape factor

M Makhania, S Upadhyayula - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of foam based catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis is attracting researcher's
attention due to their favourable properties of lower pressure drop and better heat and mass …

Numerical Simulation of Methane and Propane Reforming Over a Porous Rh/Al2O3 Catalyst in Stagnation-Flows: Impact of Internal and External Mass Transfer …

H Karadeniz, C Karakaya, S Tischer, O Deutschmann - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hydrogen production by catalytic partial oxidation and steam reforming of methane and
propane towards synthesis gas are numerically investigated in stagnation-flow over a disc …