Methanol as a High Purity Hydrogen Source for Fuel Cells: A Brief Review of Catalysts and Rate Expressions
Hydrogen is the fuel of the future, therefore many hydrogen production methods are developed. At present, fuel cells are of great interest due to their energy efficiency and environmental benefits. A brief review of effective formation methods of hydrogen was conducted. It seems that hydrogen from s...
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| description | Hydrogen is the fuel of the future, therefore many hydrogen production methods are developed. At present, fuel cells are of great interest due to their energy efficiency and environmental benefits. A brief review of effective formation methods of hydrogen was conducted. It seems that hydrogen from steam reforming of methanol process is the best fuel source to be applied in fuel cells. In this process Cu-based complex catalysts proved to be the best. In presented work kinetic equations from available literature and catalysts are reported. However, hydrogen produced even in the presence of the most selective catalysts in this process is not pure enough for fuel cells and should be purified from CO. Currently, catalysts for hydrogen production are not sufficiently active in oxidation of carbon monoxide. A simple and effective method to lower CO level and obtain clean H2 is the preferential oxidation of monoxide carbon (CO-PROX). Over new CO-PROX catalysts the level of carbon monoxide can be lowered to a sufficient level of 10 ppm. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-eb5aa6d7049e4160b14f286f29d71f062025-08-20T03:09:57ZengPolish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process EngineeringChemical and Process Engineering2300-19252017-03-0138114716210.1515/cpe-2017-0012cpe-2017-0012Methanol as a High Purity Hydrogen Source for Fuel Cells: A Brief Review of Catalysts and Rate ExpressionsMadej-Lachowska Maria0Kulawska Maria1Słoczyński Jerzy2Institute of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bałtycka 5, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland PolandInstitute of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bałtycka 5, 44-100 Gliwice, PolandJerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 5, 30-239 Cracow, PolandHydrogen is the fuel of the future, therefore many hydrogen production methods are developed. At present, fuel cells are of great interest due to their energy efficiency and environmental benefits. A brief review of effective formation methods of hydrogen was conducted. It seems that hydrogen from steam reforming of methanol process is the best fuel source to be applied in fuel cells. In this process Cu-based complex catalysts proved to be the best. In presented work kinetic equations from available literature and catalysts are reported. However, hydrogen produced even in the presence of the most selective catalysts in this process is not pure enough for fuel cells and should be purified from CO. Currently, catalysts for hydrogen production are not sufficiently active in oxidation of carbon monoxide. A simple and effective method to lower CO level and obtain clean H2 is the preferential oxidation of monoxide carbon (CO-PROX). Over new CO-PROX catalysts the level of carbon monoxide can be lowered to a sufficient level of 10 ppm.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cpe.2017.38.issue-1/cpe-2017-0012/cpe-2017-0012.xml?format=INTcopper catalystsnoble metal catalystsfuel cellhydrogen productionCO-PROX |
| spellingShingle | Madej-Lachowska Maria Kulawska Maria Słoczyński Jerzy Methanol as a High Purity Hydrogen Source for Fuel Cells: A Brief Review of Catalysts and Rate Expressions Chemical and Process Engineering copper catalysts noble metal catalysts fuel cell hydrogen production CO-PROX |
| title | Methanol as a High Purity Hydrogen Source for Fuel Cells: A Brief Review of Catalysts and Rate Expressions |
| title_full | Methanol as a High Purity Hydrogen Source for Fuel Cells: A Brief Review of Catalysts and Rate Expressions |
| title_fullStr | Methanol as a High Purity Hydrogen Source for Fuel Cells: A Brief Review of Catalysts and Rate Expressions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Methanol as a High Purity Hydrogen Source for Fuel Cells: A Brief Review of Catalysts and Rate Expressions |
| title_short | Methanol as a High Purity Hydrogen Source for Fuel Cells: A Brief Review of Catalysts and Rate Expressions |
| title_sort | methanol as a high purity hydrogen source for fuel cells a brief review of catalysts and rate expressions |
| topic | copper catalysts noble metal catalysts fuel cell hydrogen production CO-PROX |
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