Membrane-assisted chemical looping reforming

Recently, a new reactor has been proposed by combining the MR features with the chemical looping features for heat production with inherent CO2 capture. The novel reactor concept called Membrane Assisted Chemical Looping Reforming (MA-CLR) was introduced by Medrano et al. [55]. In this system (Figure 3.16), a FBMR is located in the fuel reactor of a CLR system, where the incorporation of membranes substitutes the WGS and PSA steps of the traditional CLR process. The selective extraction of hydrogen provides a pure H2 stream and also displaces the thermodynamic equilibria. Flence, reaction and... 

Medrano, J.A., Spallina, V, van Sint Annaland, M. and Gallucci, F. (2014) Thermodynamic analysis of a membrane-assisted chemical looping reforming reactor concept for combined H2 production and CO2 capture. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39, 4725 738. 

Figure 3.8 Schematic drawing of membrane-assisted chemical looping reforming (Medrano et al 2013).

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