Hydrogen production by microwave reforming -Influence of gas space velocity on ethanol conversion-

Abstract

During the microwave reforming, only a catalyst layer is preferentially heated from the inside for a short time, and so it becomes possible to quickly reform with a simple setup and provide a high energy efficiency. The full conversion of 100% was obtained at low temperatures and high gas space velocities SV. The activation energies for the microwave process were not affected by SV, and were low values that averaged 18.1 kJ/mol. The advantages of the microwave method over conventional method then became clear.