Hydrogen Production from Methanol Steam Reforming over Cu/ZnO/Al2O3/CeO2/ZrO2 Nanocatalyst in an Adiabatic Fixed-Bed Reactor

Hydrogen production from steam reforming of methanol was performed in an adiabatic fixed bed heterogeneous reactor by using Cu/ZnO/Al2O3/CeO2 /ZrO2 nanocatalyst. The catalyst was prepared byco-precipitation method and characterized by TGA, XRD, SEM and BET. By changing the mean averagetemperature of the catalyst bed (or reactor operation temperature) from 230 to 270°C, variations in methanolconversion were monitored. The results showed that the conversion of methanol was strongly dependent on the reaction temperature. In addition, the effects of weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) on methanol conversion were investigated. According to the results, the maximum conversion was obtained at 270°C with WHSV of 15 h 1-