Researcher Mohamed Halabi of Eindhoven University of Technology demonstrates a proof-of-concept for a new and clean technology to produce high purity hydrogen from natural gas.

This allows hydrogen to be produced in an elegant technique at much lower temperatures, and without releasing CO₂ into the atmosphere.

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Hydrogen is a valuable feedstock for the petrochemical industry and it may play a big role in the energy supply of the future, as a green, non-polluting, and efficient energy carrier. If it is burnt, only water is formed. However, the conventional technology for hydrogen production from natural gas (‘steam reforming’) is a highly energy intensive process, operated at high pressures (up to 25 bar) and high temperature (850 ^oC), with multistage subsequent separation and purification units. Moreover, huge amounts of CO₂ have to be handled in post-processing steps.

For full article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110512103946.htm

Source: Science Daily / University of Toronto