Development of a membrane reactor with a closed-end silica membrane for nuclear-heated hydrogen production

Myagmarjav, O.; Tanaka, Nobuyuki; Nomura, Mikihiro*; Noguchi, Hiroki; Imai, Yoshiyuki; Kamiji, Yu; Kubo, Shinji; Takegami, Hiroaki

Progress in Nuclear Energy, 137, p.103772_1 - 103772_7, 2021/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.103772

Research and development on membrane IS process for hydrogen production using solar heat

Myagmarjav, O.; Iwatsuki, Jin; Tanaka, Nobuyuki; Noguchi, Hiroki; Kamiji, Yu; Ioka, Ikuo; Kubo, Shinji; Nomura, Mikihiro*; Yamaki, Tetsuya*; Sawada, Shinichi*; et al.

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(35), p.19141 - 19152, 2019/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.03.132

Hydrogen production tests by hydrogen iodide decomposition membrane reactor equipped with silica-based ceramics membrane

Myagmarjav, O.; Tanaka, Nobuyuki; Nomura, Mikihiro*; Kubo, Shinji

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(49), p.29091 - 29100, 2017/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.10.043

The catalytic decomposition of hydrogen iodide in a membrane reactor using silica membranes derived from hexyltrimethoxysilane (HTMOS) was investigated for the production of hydrogen in the thermochemical water splitting iodine-sulfur process. The silica membranes were prepared by counter-diffusion chemical vapor deposition using porous alumina support tubes in both the absence and presence of a -alumina layer. The silica membranes formed on -alumina-coated -alumina tubes displayed a higher H permeance than that formed directly on an -alumina tube. A silica membrane based on a 1.5 m-thick -alumina layer fabricated under deposition conditions of 450C, 1200 s, and a N carrier gas velocity of 0.044 m s exhibited a high H permeance of 9.4 10 mol Pa m s while maintaining an H/N selectivity of over 80.0. The performance of a membrane reactor based on an HTMOS-derived silica membrane was evaluated at 400C by measuring the HI conversion and H flow rates. The conversion was approximately 0.48 when the HI flow rate was 9.7 mL min.

A Highly hydrogen permeable silica membrane supported on a porous alumina for the hydrogen production

Myagmarjav, O.; Ikeda, Ayumi*; Nomura, Mikihiro*; Kubo, Shinji

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The thermal decomposition of hydrogen iodide (HI) to produce hydrogen in a membrane reactor was investigated using the separation characteristics of a silica membrane with the aim of improving the one-pass decomposition rate of HI decomposition reaction in the thermochemical IS process. The silica membranes were prepared by a counter diffusion chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of hexyltrimethoxysilane (HTMOS) using alumina porous support. The membrane reactor phenomenon was evaluated using determined H production rate from HI decomposition at 400C. It was found from experiments that produced H rate was approximately 1.5 mL min in permeated site. Hydrogen was successfully produced and extracted from the HI decomposition membrane reactor with a utilization of the HTMOS silica membrane. The HTMOS silica membrane was effective for the HI decomposition at higher reaction temperature of 400C in the membrane reactor.

Challenge for adapting a hydrogen permselective membrane reactor to improve thermochemical IS process

Myagmarjav, O.; Tanaka, Nobuyuki; Nomura, Mikihiro*; Kubo, Shinji

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