Article ; Online: The Potential of Gas Switching Partial Oxidation Using Advanced Oxygen Carriers for Efficient H 2 Production with Inherent CO 2 Capture
Applied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 4713, p
2021 Volume 4713
Abstract: The hydrogen economy has received resurging interest in recent years, as more countries commit to net-zero CO 2 emissions around the mid-century. “Blue” hydrogen from natural gas with CO 2 capture and storage (CCS) is one promising sustainable hydrogen ... ...
| Abstract | The hydrogen economy has received resurging interest in recent years, as more countries commit to net-zero CO 2 emissions around the mid-century. “Blue” hydrogen from natural gas with CO 2 capture and storage (CCS) is one promising sustainable hydrogen supply option. Although conventional CO 2 capture imposes a large energy penalty, advanced process concepts using the chemical looping principle can produce blue hydrogen at efficiencies even exceeding the conventional steam methane reforming (SMR) process without CCS. One such configuration is gas switching reforming (GSR), which uses a Ni-based oxygen carrier material to catalyze the SMR reaction and efficiently supply the required process heat by combusting an off-gas fuel with integrated CO 2 capture. The present study investigates the potential of advanced La-Fe-based oxygen carrier materials to further increase this advantage using a gas switching partial oxidation (GSPOX) process. These materials can overcome the equilibrium limitations facing conventional catalytic SMR and achieve direct hydrogen production using a water-splitting reaction. Results showed that the GSPOX process can achieve mild efficiency improvements relative to GSR in the range of 0.6–4.1%-points, with the upper bound only achievable by large power and H 2 co-production plants employing a highly efficient power cycle. These performance gains and the avoidance of toxicity challenges posed by Ni-based oxygen carriers create a solid case for the further development of these advanced materials. If successful, results from this work indicate that GSPOX blue hydrogen plants can outperform an SMR benchmark with conventional CO 2 capture by more than 10%-points, both in terms of efficiency and CO 2 avoidance. |
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| Keywords | H 2 -power cogeneration ; gas switching partial oxidation ; gas switching reforming ; CO 2 capture and storage ; steam methane reforming ; blue hydrogen ; Technology ; T ; Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ; TA1-2040 ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Physics ; QC1-999 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999 |
| Subject code | 660 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher | MDPI AG |
| Document type | Article ; Online |
| Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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