Techno-economic assessment of solar steam reforming of methane in a membrane reactor using molten salts as heat transfer fluid

• Published in: International journal of hydrogen energy Vol. 46; no. 71; pp. 35172 - 35188
• Main Authors: Giaconia, Alberto, Iaquaniello, Gaetano, Morico, Barbara, Salladini, Annarita, Palo, Emma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 14.10.2021
• Subjects: Hydrogen production; Membrane reactor; Molten salt; Solar reforming; Steam methane reforming; Techno-economic analysis; Techno-economic analysis; Membrane reactor; Solar reforming; Hydrogen production; Steam methane reforming; Molten salt

This paper reports the results obtained in a techno-economic analysis of the Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) technology aided with solar heat, developed and demonstrated in the European FCH JU project CoMETHy: a compact membrane reformer heated with molten salt up to 550 °C allowed to simultaneously c...