Issue 5, 2023

Performance of plasma-assisted chemical looping hydrogen generation at moderate temperature

Abstract

The thermal sintering of oxygen carriers is a major challenge in the chemical looping hydrogen generation (CLHG) process. Operating the CLHG process at moderate temperatures is a feasible approach to address this issue. Here, we proposed plasma-assisted CLHG to enable hydrogen production at moderate temperatures (300–500 °C) using the oxygen carrier of Fe2O3/Al2O3. The effects of discharge input power, weight hourly space velocity, and temperatures on the performance were investigated. The results show that enhanced hydrogen production performance was achieved via plasma-assisted CLHG with the highest hydrogen yield of ∼5.2 mmol g−1 and an average hydrogen generation rate of ∼0.29 mmol g−1 min−1 at 400 °C. Characterization demonstrates that plasma deepens the reduction depth from Fe2O3 → Fe3O4 to Fe2O3 → Fe and no spinel phase (FeAl2O4) is detected after 10 cycles. The outstanding performance can be attributed to the activation of plasma on fuel gas and the promotion of lattice oxygen transfer. We anticipate that the promotion effect of plasma on CLHG can be extended to enhance the chemical looping performance for other applications.

Graphical abstract: Performance of plasma-assisted chemical looping hydrogen generation at moderate temperature

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Dec 2022
Accepted
28 Jan 2023
First published
30 Jan 2023

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2023,7, 1204-1212

Performance of plasma-assisted chemical looping hydrogen generation at moderate temperature

C. Wang, T. Liu, Y. Qiu, Z. Gao, W. Ou, Y. Song, R. Xiao and D. Zeng, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2023, 7, 1204 DOI: 10.1039/D2SE01706G

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