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Steam Reforming

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This chapter introduces steam reforming, still the major method of large-scale hydrogen gas production. First, steam reforming of natural gas and its implementation as an industrial process is introduced. The combination of steam reforming with carbon capture is briefly discussed in order to make the process carbon-neutral. Finally, steam reforming of biofuels is considered.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

    Yusuke Shiratori

  2. International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

    Quang-Tuyen Tran

  3. School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuencho, Sanda, Hyogo, 669-1337, Japan

    Teppei Ogura

  4. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

    Teppei Ogura

  5. Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, 1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8529, Japan

    Osamu Higashi

  6. International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

    Stephen M. Lyth

  7. Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, KDX Toranomon Bldg., 1-4-3 Toranomon, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 105-0001, Japan

    Quang-Tuyen Tran & Masaki Tajima

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  1. Kyushu University Mechanical Eng., Faculty Eng., Fukuoka, Japan

    Kazunari Sasaki

  2. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hai-Wen Li

  3. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Akari Hayashi

  4. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Junichiro Yamabe

  5. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Teppei Ogura

  6. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Stephen M. Lyth

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Shiratori, Y., Tran, QT., Ogura, T., Higashi, O., Lyth, S.M., Tajima, M. (2016). Steam Reforming. In: Sasaki, K., Li, HW., Hayashi, A., Yamabe, J., Ogura, T., Lyth, S. (eds) Hydrogen Energy Engineering. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56042-5_8

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