November 30, 2020
| By School of Energy and Power Engineering | Copyedited by Zhang Liu
Chemical looping steam reforming (CLSR) using oxygen carriers (OCs) catalysts including a cyclic two-step stage by alternating air and fuel steps has been extensively recognized as a highly efficient method for hydrogen production. Recently, Dr. Binlin Dou and his group published research on: “Renewable hydrogen production from chemical looping steam reforming of biodiesel byproduct glycerol by mesoporous oxygen carriers” in “Chemical Engineering Journal” (Available online 4 November 2020) that contributes to the development of sustainable energy technologies with a particular emphasis on new and next-generation hydrogen technologies from biomass. It was found that OCs was first reduced by fuels and the reduced OCs was responsible of steam reforming and water gas shift (WGS) to hydrogen production. The mesoporous OCs with Ce promoter greatly shortened ‘dead time’ (the reduce time of OCs), and effectively suppressed carbon deposited on OCs. High loading of NiO and CeO2 on mesoporous supports improved oxygen transfer and achieved excellent cyclic stability of CLSR process.These findings provide the fundamental understanding and principle of design on the conventional OCs with room for further developments in chemical looping process. Chemical looping technology coupled with steam reforming to hydrogen production is a key challenge and it will require a broad spectrum of transformational science and engineering.
Dr. Dou and his group has published a series of CLSR studies in the international peer-reviewed journals including: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Chemical Engineering Journal, Applied Thermal Engineering, Energy Conversion and Management, Energy, Fuel, Energy & Fuels, etc.
A Brief Introduction of Prof. Binlin DOU
Dr. Binlin DOU is a professor of School of Energy and Power Engineering in University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China. He obtained his Ph. D degree in 2001 from ECUST, and was selected a professor in Dalian University of Technology in 2009. His research activities are focused on hydrogen production from thermal-chemical conversion of fuels. His research work as first author and/or corresponding author has been published in about 90 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, which has been acknowledged with more than 3500 citations with Highly Cited Papers (top 1% in global engineering field) of 20 papers. He has won six Prizes of The Ministerial and Provincial-Level Scientific and Technological Progress Award in China. A total of 30 patents have been launched/ awarded with 15 of them filed over the last few years.
Link to the paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894720337347
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