Fabrication of Iron-based Oxygen Carriers on Various Supports for Chemical Looping Hydrogen Generation

Abstract Fe2O3/Al2O3 and Fe2O3/TiO2/Al2O3 oxygen carriers were fabricated and evaluated for chemical looping hydrogen generation (CLHG) using a TGA system and a fixed-bed reactor. Oxygen carriers were converted to around 33% in a fixed-bed reactor to ensure uniform reduction. The reduced oxygen carr...

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Main Authors: Hsuan-Chih Wu, Young Ku, Yi-Syuan Huang, Niels Michiel Moed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2020-10-01
Series:Aerosol and Air Quality Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2020.06.0322
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Summary:Abstract Fe2O3/Al2O3 and Fe2O3/TiO2/Al2O3 oxygen carriers were fabricated and evaluated for chemical looping hydrogen generation (CLHG) using a TGA system and a fixed-bed reactor. Oxygen carriers were converted to around 33% in a fixed-bed reactor to ensure uniform reduction. The reduced oxygen carrier was tested for steam generation, where in all cases Fe2O3/Al2O3 displayed a better conversion than Fe2O3/TiO2/Al2O3. It was found that increasing the reaction temperature from 800 to 850 °C had little effect for either oxygen carrier, but a further increase to 900°C resulted in an increased steam conversion. A higher steam flow rate caused a lower overall steam conversion but a higher H2 production. A higher feed rate of reduced oxygen carrier let to a higher steam conversion up to a rate of 18.4 and 14.9 g min−1 for Fe2O3/Al2O3 and Fe2O3/TiO2/Al2O3, respectively. A final comparison was performed with up to 50 redox cycles, where Fe2O3/Al2O3 showed superior reactivity in the first cycles but ended at a conversion of 54.6% with Fe2O3/TiO2/Al2O3 ending at a conversion of 64.6%.
ISSN:1680-8584
2071-1409