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Advances in Pd Membranes for Hydrogen Production from Residual Biomass and Wastes

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Part of the book series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World ((ECSW,volume 42))

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Abstract

Hydrogen production from residual biomass and wastes is a sustainable approach for reducing their final accumulation in landfills and simultaneously a very promising alternative for the energy recovery. Most developed technologies to produce H2 from residual biomass and wastes are reviewed in this chapter focusing on the separation/purification of the produced hydrogen. Suitability of both thermochemical and biological technologies for hydrogen production is described, and examples of industrial processes are included. Basics of hydrogen separation/purification with membranes are detailed, and suitable separation technologies for the purification of hydrogen produced from biomass and waste conversion are presented focusing on the most recent advances in Pd-based membranes. The use of membrane reactors in which the traditional chemical reaction is combined to the continuous extraction of the main product with high purity, in this case hydrogen, is particularly interesting, being also addressed the most recent developments in this field.

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Abbreviations

ATR:

Autothermal reforming

CCS:

Carbon capture and storage

CCU:

Carbon capture and utilization

DC:

Direct current

DF:

Dark fermentation

DOE:

Department Of Energy (United States of America)

DOR:

Dry oxidation reforming

DR:

Dry reforming

EAP:

East Asia and Pacific region

ELP:

Electroless plating

ELP-PL:

Electroless plating with additional protective layer

ELP-PP:

Electroless pore-plating

EU:

European Union

FBR:

Fluidized-bed reactor

GHGs:

Greenhouse gases

GHSV:

Gas hourly space velocity

HT:

High temperature

HRF:

Hydrogen recovery factor

IGCC:

Integrated gasification combined cycle

LT:

Low temperature

MCW:

Microwaves

MR:

Membrane reactor

MSW:

Municipal solid waste

NG:

Natural gas

OCDE:

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

OMW:

Olive mill wastewater

OS-ELP:

Osmosis-assisted electroless plating

PBR:

Packed bed reactor

PCB:

Printed circuit board

PF:

Pore filling

POR:

Partial oxidation reforming

PSA:

Pressure swing adsorption

PSS:

Porous stainless steel

RDF:

Refuse-derived fuel

RF:

Refuse fraction

RFR:

Radio frequency

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

SEWGS:

Sorption-enhanced water–gas shift

SIP:

Steam–iron process

SMR-OG:

Steam methane reforming off-gas

SNG:

Synthetic natural gas

SR:

Steam reforming

SRF:

Solid recovered fraction

USA:

United States of America

VA-ELP:

Vacuum-assisted electroless plating

WGS:

Water–gas shift

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Acknowledgments

We would express our gratitude to professors Z. Zhang, W. Zhang, and E. Lichtfouse, editors of this book, for the opportunity to prepare a contribution based on the advances in Pd membranes for hydrogen production from residual biomass and wastes. Some words of thanks need also to be dedicated to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for supporting the research activities of CIEMAT and URJC on this topic through diverse public research projects: PSE-120000-2008-29, ENE2009-08002, IPT-2012-0365-120000 and ENE-2007-66959, CTQ2010-21102-C02-01, CTQ2013-44447-R, and ENE2017-83696-R, respectively. Finally, we also thank all rights for reproducing figures and tables from previous works.

List of Symbols

α H2/N2

Ideal separation factor between hydrogen and nitrogen

E a

Activation energy (kJ mol−1)

k H2

Hydrogen permeability (mol m−1 s−1 Pa−0.5)

k′ H2

Hydrogen permeance (mol m−2 s−1 Pa−0.5)

K int

Intra-particle diffusion coefficient

J i

Permeate flux of component i (i.e., hydrogen, nitrogen, etc.) (mol s−1)

n

Exponent of pressure driving force in Sieverts’ law

P

Pressure (Pa)

P p,i

Pressure of component i in the permeate side (Pa)

P r,i

Pressure of component i in the retentate side (Pa)

η mem

Membrane effectiveness factor

T

Temperature (°C)

t

Thickness (μm)

X i

Chemical conversion of component i (%)

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Maroño, M., Alique, D. (2020). Advances in Pd Membranes for Hydrogen Production from Residual Biomass and Wastes. In: Zhang, Z., Zhang, W., Lichtfouse, E. (eds) Membranes for Environmental Applications. Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 42. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33978-4_12

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