Water-Gas-Shift Membrane Reactor for High-Pressure Hydrogen Production. A comprehensive project report (FY2010 - FY2012)

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1093886· OSTI ID:1093886

Klaehn, John ^[1]; Peterson, Eric ^[1]; Orme, Christopher ^[1]; Bhandari, Dhaval ^[2]; Miller, Scott ^[2]; Ku, Anthony ^[2]; Polishchuk, Kimberly ^[2]; Narang, Kristi ^[2]; Singh, Surinder ^[2]; Wei, Wei ^[2]; Shisler, Roger ^[2]; Wickersham, Paul ^[2]; McEvoy, Kevin ^[2]; Alberts, William ^[2]; Howson, Paul ^[2]; Barton, Thomas ^[3]; Sethi, Vijay ^[3]

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1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
2. General Electric Global Research, Niskayuna, New York (United States)
3. Western Research inst., Laramie, WY (United States)

Idaho National Laboratory (INL), GE Global Research (GEGR), and Western Research Institute (WRI) have successfully produced hydrogen-selective membranes for water-gas-shift (WGS) modules that enable high-pressure hydrogen product streams. Several high performance (HP) polymer membranes were investigated for their gas separation performance under simulated (mixed gas) and actual syngas conditions. To enable optimal module performance, membranes with high hydrogen (H₂) selectivity, permeance, and stability under WGS conditions are required. The team determined that the VTEC PI 80-051 and VTEC PI 1388 (polyimide from Richard Blaine International, Inc.) are prime candidates for the H₂ gas separations at operating temperatures (~200°C). VTEC PI 80-051 was thoroughly analyzed for its H₂ separations under syngas processing conditions using more-complex membrane configurations, such as tube modules and hollow fibers. These membrane formats have demonstrated that the selected VTEC membrane is capable of providing highly selective H₂/CO₂ separation (α = 7-9) and H₂/CO separation (α = 40-80) in humidified syngas streams. In addition, the VTEC polymer membranes are resilient within the syngas environment (WRI coal gasification) at 200°C for over 1000 hours. The information within this report conveys current developments of VTEC PI 80-051 as an effective H₂ gas separations membrane for high-temperature syngas streams.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1093886
• Report Number(s): INL/EXT-12-27377
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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