Thermodynamic Comparison between Conventional, Autothermal, and Sorption-Enhanced Bio-oil Steam Reforming

dc.contributor.authorMegía, Pedro J.
dc.contributor.authorRocha, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorVizcaíno, Arturo J.
dc.contributor.authorCarrero, Alicia
dc.contributor.authorCalles, José A.
dc.contributor.authorMadeira, Luis M.
dc.contributor.authorSoria, Miguel A.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-31T12:10:50Z
dc.date.available2025-01-31T12:10:50Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-10
dc.descriptionThe authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (projects PID2020-117273RB-I00 and TED2021-131499B–I00). This work was also supported by Portuguese funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC): LEPABE UIDB/00511/2020 (DOI: 10.54499/UIDB/00511/2020) and UIDP/00511/2020 (DOI: 10.54499/UIDP/00511/2020) and ALiCE LA/P/0045/2020 (DOI: 10.54499/LA/P/0045/2020)
dc.description.abstractThis study presents a comprehensive thermodynamic analysis comparing three bio-oil steam reforming processes: traditional steam reforming, autothermal reforming, and sorption-enhanced steam reforming. Using Aspen Plus V12.1 software, simulations were performed to evaluate the hydrogen production, energy requirements, and influence of key process variables such as the temperature, pressure, or steam-to-carbon ratio. While traditional steam reforming is capable of achieving high hydrogen production, it requires substantial external energy input to drive forward the reaction, given the endothermic nature of the reactions. In comparison, autothermal reforming allows thermally neutral conditions by integrating endothermic steam reforming with exothermic partial oxidation reactions. Although the energy requirements significantly decrease, it also leads to lower hydrogen yields due to its consumption in the oxidation processes. In contrast, sorption-enhanced steam reforming improves hydrogen production compared to the other configurations ascribed to the in situ CO2 capture by using sorbents that shift the equilibrium toward hydrogen with purities over 98%, thus minimizing the need for additional gas separation processes apart from reducing the CO and CH4 formation. Additionally, the exothermic nature of the CO2 capture reactions contributes to reducing the energy requirements or even generates excess energy at certain conditions that can be used as a heat source. The bio-oil composition showed minor variations in hydrogen yields, making these findings applicable to different bio-oil compositions
dc.identifier.citationMegía, P. J., Rocha, C., Vizcaíno, A. J., Carrero, A., Calles, J. A., Madeira, L. M., & Soria, M. A. (2025). Thermodynamic Comparison between Conventional, Autothermal, and Sorption-Enhanced Bio-oil Steam Reforming. Energy Fuels, 39(3), 1652–1667. 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c05035
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c05035
dc.identifier.issn0887-0624 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1520-5029 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10115/74037
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectBiofuels
dc.subjectChemical reactions
dc.subjectEnergy
dc.subjectHydrogen
dc.subjectWater
dc.titleThermodynamic Comparison between Conventional, Autothermal, and Sorption-Enhanced Bio-oil Steam Reforming
dc.typeArticle

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