Advances and Perspectives of H2 Production from NH3 Decomposition in Membrane Reactors

Valentina Cechetto; Luca Di Felice; Fausto Gallucci

doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c00760

Advances and Perspectives of H₂ Production from NH₃ Decomposition in Membrane Reactors

Energy Fuels. 2023 Jul 16;37(15):10775-10798. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c00760. eCollection 2023 Aug 3.

Authors

Valentina Cechetto¹, Luca Di Felice¹, Fausto Gallucci^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Inorganic Membranes and Membrane Reactors, Sustainable Process Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, De Rondom 70, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
² Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES), Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Abstract

Hydrogen is often regarded as an ideal energy carrier. Its use in energy conversion devices does in fact not produce any pollutants. However, due to challenges related to its transportation and storage, liquid hydrogen carriers are being investigated. Among the liquid hydrogen carriers, ammonia is considered very promising because it is easy to store and transport, and its conversion to hydrogen has only nitrogen as a byproduct. This work focuses on a review of the latest results of studies dealing with ammonia decomposition for hydrogen production. After a general introduction to the topic, this review specifically focuses on works presenting results of membrane reactors for ammonia decomposition, particularly describing the different reactor configurations and operating conditions, membrane properties, catalysts, and purification steps that are required to achieve pure hydrogen for fuel cell applications.

Publication types

Review