Membrane and Membrane Reactor for Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen is a clean energy and recently has attracted the attentions around the world. In hydrogen production from fossil fuels, separation and purification are important. Membranes are important for purification of hydrogen. For hydrogen production and purification, there are generally two types of membranes both being inorganic, dense phase metal and metal alloys, and porous ceramic membranes. Porous ceramic membranes are normally prepared by sol–gel or hydrothermal methods, and have high stability and durability in high temperature but dense phase metal membranes have better hydrogen selectivity. In this project, a review on the recent advances in both dense phase metal and porous ceramic membranes and their characteristics and performance in membrane reactor systems are compared

Keywords:

Membrane , Hydrogen , Reactor , Fuel