Comprehensive process and environmental impact analysis of integrated DBD plasma steam methane reforming

Fuel ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 304 ◽  
pp. 121328
Author(s):  
Benjamin King ◽  
Darsh Patel ◽  
Johnny Zhu Chen ◽  
Donata Drapanauskaite ◽  
Robert Handler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Methane Reforming ◽  
Dbd Plasma ◽  
Environmental Impact Analysis ◽  
Steam Methane Reforming ◽  
Steam Methane

Advanced Exergoenvironmental Analysis of a Steam Methane Reforming System for Hydrogen Production

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Tsatsaronis ◽  
A. Boyano ◽  
T. Morosuk ◽  
A. M. Blanco-Marigorta
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Chemical Processes ◽  
Methane Reforming ◽  
Exergy Destruction ◽  
Pollutant Formation ◽  
Steam Methane Reforming ◽  
Steam Methane ◽  
Production Of Hydrogen ◽  
Subsequent Improvement

In this paper, an advanced exergoenvironmental analysis is conducted for a steam methane reforming process for the production of hydrogen. The approach for calculating pollutant formation is generalized and the assumptions required for applying the analysis are discussed in detail. These are the main contributions of this work to the development of exergy-based methods for the analysis of energy-intensive chemical processes. In an advanced exergoenvironmental analysis, the environmental impact associated with the exergy destruction within a component as well as the component-related environmental impact and a component-related pollutant formation are split into unavoidable/avoidable and endogenous/exogenous parts. This splitting improves our understanding of the sources of thermodynamic inefficiencies and their effect to the formation of environmental impacts and pollutants, and facilitates a subsequent improvement of the overall process. Finally, some improvement options developed on the basis of the results of the advanced exergoenvironmental analysis are discussed.

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