Kinetics of Reforming Ethanol into Hydrogen in a Supercritical Water Medium
Abstract
Ethanol can be reformed into hydrogen non-catalytically in supercritical water which acts synergistically as a solvent and a reactant. The kinetics of supercritical water reformation of ethanol was studied using a custom-designed tubular Inconel 625 alloy reactor. The two principal reactions that concurrently occur are direct reformation of ethanol to hydrogen and carbon oxides and the decomposition of ethanol to hydrogen, methane, and carbon oxides. The water gas shift reaction that also takes place non-catalytically in the supercritical water mixture plays a significant role in the overall process conversion. Kinetic rate information as well as representative activation energies for principal reactions involved in supercritical water reformation of ethanol are discussed in this paper.
Recommended Citation
J. E. Wenzel et al., "Kinetics of Reforming Ethanol into Hydrogen in a Supercritical Water Medium," Proceedings of the 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting (2007, Salt Lake City, UT), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Nov 2007.
Meeting Name
2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting (2007: Nov. 4-9, Salt Lake City, UT)
Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
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Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
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© 2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
09 Nov 2007
