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Title: Low cost hydrogen/novel membrane technology for hydrogen separation from synthesis gas. Task 1, Literature survey

Abstract

To make the coal-to-hydrogen route economically attractive, improvements are being sought in each step of the process: coal gasification, water-carbon monoxide shift reaction, and hydrogen separation. This report addresses the use of membranes in the hydrogen separation step. The separation of hydrogen from synthesis gas is a major cost element in the manufacture of hydrogen from coal. Separation by membranes is an attractive, new, and still largely unexplored approach to the problem. Membrane processes are inherently simple and efficient and often have lower capital and operating costs than conventional processes. In this report current ad future trends in hydrogen production and use are first summarized. Methods of producing hydrogen from coal are then discussed, with particular emphasis on the Texaco entrained flow gasifier and on current methods of separating hydrogen from this gas stream. The potential for membrane separations in the process is then examined. In particular, the use of membranes for H{sub 2}/CO{sub 2}, H{sub 2}/CO, and H{sub 2}/N{sub 2} separations is discussed. 43 refs., 14 figs., 6 tabs.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10161740
Report Number(s):
DOE/MC/22130-T11
ON: DE92017783
DOE Contract Number:  
AC21-85MC22130
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Feb 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
08 HYDROGEN; 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS GAS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANES; PERMEABILITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; TEXACO GASIFICATION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; 080107; 010404; 400105; COAL GASIFICATION; GASIFICATION; SEPARATION PROCEDURES

Citation Formats

. Low cost hydrogen/novel membrane technology for hydrogen separation from synthesis gas. Task 1, Literature survey. United States: N. p., 1986. Web. doi:10.2172/10161740.
. Low cost hydrogen/novel membrane technology for hydrogen separation from synthesis gas. Task 1, Literature survey. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10161740
. 1986. "Low cost hydrogen/novel membrane technology for hydrogen separation from synthesis gas. Task 1, Literature survey". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10161740. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10161740.
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