Technical information

1. Pd/MnO2-based catalyst to produce hydrogen (H2) from methane (CH4) was synthesized successfully. The yield of H2 from CH4 (10% of the concentration in argon balance) reached over 200 mL per 1g of the catalyst in an hour at 300 ℃ without the by-product of toxic carbon monoxide (CO) (Fig. 1). Conventional catalysts such as Pd/Al2O3 and Pd/Carbon, produce CO as by-product that remarkably decreases the yield of H2 of the production plant. The Pd/MnO2-based catalyst contributes for improving the yield of hydrogen production in the conventional system of steam reforming.
   

1. Our goal is the improvement of H2 production yield exceed to 5〜10％ at   industrial plants for reforming methane to hydrogen, using Pd/MnO2 column unit (Fig. 2) after the PSA unit in plant (Fig. 3).
   

Fig. 1 System for confirming the yield of H2 production using Pd/MnO2 catalyst

Fig. 2 Conversion column using Pd/MnO2 catalyst

Fig. 3 Application of Pd/MnO2 catalyst used as a final conversion unit (Blue) in the system of steam reforming, for improving the yield of the H2 production

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