Economic analysis of hydrogen production from steam reforming process: A literature review

The interest in steam reforming process as an efficient method for hydrogen production has been greatly increasing, due to its efficiency during hydrogen production and low environmental problems compared to other techniques. The main objective of this review was to present a comprehensive study of...

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Published inEnergy sources. Part B, Economics, planning and policy Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 109 - 115
Main Authors Kaiwen, Li, Bin, Yu, Tao, Zhang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis 01.02.2018
Subjects
biomass
economics
hydrogen
methane
Steam reforming
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Summary:The interest in steam reforming process as an efficient method for hydrogen production has been greatly increasing, due to its efficiency during hydrogen production and low environmental problems compared to other techniques. The main objective of this review was to present a comprehensive study of environmental, economic aspects of hydrogen production from steam reforming of raw materials such as biomass, bio-gas, ethanol, and natural gas. From literature review, it was found that among methods for hydrogen production, steam reforming of natural gas has lower installed capital due to the precence of high amounts of unconverted hydrocarbons in the produced gas (so-called tar) during other methods such as steam reforming of bio-gas.
ISSN:1556-7249
1556-7257
DOI:10.1080/15567249.2017.1387619