METHANOL-STEAM REFORMING - I - A THEROMOD YNAMIC STUDY

The methanol-steam reforming (MSR) is a main method to convert methano l into a hydrogen rich gas for fuel cells. This paper presents an eval uation method of the MSR process performance. The dependence of therma l effectiveness on pressure (P), temperature (T) and input steam/metha nol ratio (a) has been established The effectiveness bar a maximum at T=473K and a = 1.75, and in these conditions the dry gas contains 74.8 3%H-2, 24.68% CO2, 0.41% CO and only 40 ppmv methanol. These results a re very useful for the design of the kinetic experiments.