Development of catalysts for hydrogen production

Abstract

Hydrogen as an energy carrier could be a revolutionary fuel in view of energy sustainable development if we can abstract it from biomass-derived compounds such as biogas, bio-oil, bio-ethanol, bio-butanol, etc. Traditionally, SR, POX, and OSR are the major processes to produce hydrogen from ethanol but it needs a very high temperature. By using catalysts, we can reduce this energy consumption. So, here we performed dehydrogenation of ethanol in presence of in-situ generated ruthenium nanoparticle as a catalyst by using Ru salt as a pre-catalyst in water at low temperature (110 °C). Additionally, optimization of reaction was done by using CTAB and PVP as stabilizing agent and γ-Al2O3 as an additive.