Novel Pre-Combustion Power Production Membrane Reactors

Gallucci and M. van Sint Annaland Eindhoven University of Technology, Chemical Process Intensification, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 

The easiest way to introduce CCS to mitigate anthropogenic emissions is to focus on point sources with concentrated CO2 emissions. In a report by IPCC (Ref [1] Chapter 2), the concentrated sources for CO2 emissions (those producing more than 1 Mt C02/year) have been inventorized (see Table 3.1). From this table, it is evident that the main effort should be dedicated to capture CO2 from fossil fuel-driven power plants. 

Three main technological paths have been proposed for CCS from fossil fuel-fired power stations, namely, the post-combustion capture, the pre-combustion decarbonization and 

Pmcess Intensification for Sustainable Energy Conversion, First Edition. Edited by Fausto Gallucci and Martin van Sint Annaland. 

In this chapter, the pre-combustion route is discussed with particular attention to novel reactors, namely the MR concepts, that integrate reforming reactions and separation in a single unit, thus resulting in both hydrogen production for power generation and CO2 capture. 

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