A Prototype for Hydrogen Generation from Steam Reforming of LPG
Sustainable process-product development & green chemistry
Sustainable & Clean Technologies - IIb: Energy Production (T1-5b)
Keywords: steam reforming, hydrogen, LPG, fuel cell
From various years it is being aimed for hydrogen and fuel cell like a possible solution to the problems of energy supplying, environmental impact and climate change, trying to move towards a less centralized energy production.
Although the final objective is to lighten the dependency from fossil fuel, therefore to reach a hydrogen production from renewable sources, currently, it is advised to work on known and diffused technologies like steam reforming.
In this framework ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment), is working on a national project to realize and test a prototype for Hydrogen generation from LPG Steam Reforming integrated with 1 kW polymeric fuel cell for portable applications.
This system is just designed for stationary production of electric energy.
The scope of this paper is to show experimental results carried out on LPG Steam Reforming and the comparison between experimental and simulated data, obtained by a model developed through SW PRO II.
