«Development of scientific bases for hydrogen production, storage and use in autonomous energy supply systems»

Catalysts for biogas reforming

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Catalyst on ceramic monolith

Scheme of methane/biogas tri-reforming

Area of application

Chemical, bio-, petrochemical and processing industries, the agrarian sector for the processing of natural and biogas to the synthesis gas for the subsequent production of ammonia, methanol, diethyl ether, Fischer-Tropsch syntheses as well as for high-temperature solid oxide fuel cells

Brief description

Catalysts on heat-resistant ceramic matrices of honeycomb structure (low gas-dynamic resistance) with low content of active components (Ni – 4÷5 % мас.) and modifying additives (rare earth oxides, 1 wt. %) provide reforming of C1-C4 alkanes in an energy efficient autothermal mode with the participation of О₂, Н₂О, СО₂ (500 – 800°С) producing synthesis gas with a regulated H₂/CO ratio from 1 to 3 for the producing a wide range of industrially important organics, autonomous energy supply systems fuelled with renewable feedstock

Expected results

The developed nanostructured catalysts and the proposed technological solutions will provide high-output production of hydrogen fuel from biogas as feedstock in the methane conversion module of high-temperature fuel cells

Advantages

Compared with analogues, the developed catalysts, providing high output, have a significantly lower content of active components;
do not contain noble metals;
are resistant to catalytic poisons (sulfur) and high temperatures;
have low gas-dynamic resistance which reduces operating costs

Competitor

Haldor Tops∅e

State of development

Custom-made industrial designs are manufactured, licensing of production is carried out

Intellectual property

Contact information

Institute- Executor: L.V.Pysarzhevsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Project 21 «Development of nanostructured catalysts and novel technological solutions for processing of biogas with hydrogen fuel production for methane conversion module of high-temperature fuel cells»

Project leader:

Tel. +38 044 525 66 70

Е-mail: soloviev@inphyschem-nas.kiev.ua