Traditional reactors hydrogen production

Commercialization of a new vinyl chloride process has been announced. Instead of the traditional three-step production (see Section 6.3.4), it is based on ethane oxy-chlorination using HC1, 02, and Cl2 carried out over a CuCl-based catalysts.285 Overchlorinated products are dehydrochlorinated and hydrogenated (together with overchlorinated alkenes) in separate reactors these product streams are then led back to the oxychlorination reactor. 

FIGURE 5.6 Traditional plant for H2 production from natural gas. (Reproduced from Brunetti, A., Barbieri, G., and Drioli, E., Membrane reactors in hydrogen production, in Drioli, E. and Barbieri, G. (eds.). Membrane Engineering for the Treatment of Gases, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, U.K., 2011, pp. 87-109, ISBN 978-1-84973-239-0. Reproduced by permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry.)... 

Fig. 2.7 Scheme of pure hydrogen production by hydrocarbons compounds steam reforming traditional scheme (a) and inorganic membrane reactor (b) [28]... 

Traditional reactors for hydrogen production from coal and the advantages of membrane reactors... 

Basile, A., Gallucci, F., luhanelli. A., De Falco, M., Liguori, S. (2008). Hydrogen production by ethanol steam reforming experimental study of a Pd-Ag membrane reactor and traditional reactor behaviour. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 6, A30. 

The unique characteristic of the AHTR is that it is a liquid cooled high temperature reactor whereas traditional high temperature reactors use gas cooling. This technical characteristic gives the AHTR unique characteristics in terms of efficiency of converting heat to electricity and capabilities to produce high temperature heat for applications such as hydrogen production. 

Scheme of pure hydrogen production by steam reforming of natural gas or biogas traditional scheme and conceptual scheme of a dense inorganic membrane reactor. (PSA - pressure swing adsorption.)... 

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