Steam reforming of methane in an electric field over Pd-bimetallie catalyst

摘要

Hydrogen (H2) has an important role in petrochemical industry and nowadays, half of the world demand for H2 is being produced by steam reforming (SR) of methane (CH4). Due to the extreme stability of CH4, SR requires high temperature and pressure reaction condition, which consequently results in high energy consumption and high operating cost. Thus, a process that could activate CH4 at low temperature is highly desirable. On the other hand, it is impossible to obtain a high yield in SR at low temperature through the conventional thermal catalytic reaction due to the restriction of thermodynamic equilibrium.