Generating hydrogen gas from methane with carbon captured as pure spheroidal nanomaterials

Autor:	Weike Zhang, Martin Saunders, Andrew Cornejo, K. Swaminathan Iyer, Colin L. Raston, Lizhen Gao, Hui Tong Chua, Rahi R. Varsani
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Hydrogen business.industry Organic Chemistry Inorganic chemistry chemistry.chemical_element Water gas General Chemistry Hydrogen purifier Catalysis Methane chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Hydrogen economy Carbon-neutral fuel business Carbon Hydrogen production
Zdroj:	Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany). 17(33)
ISSN:	1521-3765
Popis:	Energy production by using hydrogen gas as a feedstock is considered to be one of the keys to creating clean energy, with the proviso that the gas is generated in a sustainable way with no emissions. A simple, self-sustaining process generating hydrogen gas from methane using inexpensive stainless steel wire-mesh catalysts at elevated temperatures (800 °C) is reported. A theoretical analysis of the production of electricity by this process revealed peak chain energy efficiencies up to 21% (emission free) when using a percentage of the produced hydrogen (approximately 40% of purified yield) as the heat source. In addition, a practical method has been developed to purify the carbon byproduct, affording essentially pure highly graphitic spheroidal carbon for advanced materials applications.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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