Hydrogen Production from Methane Cracking in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Catalytic Plasma Reactor Using a Nanocatalyst
The study experimentally investigated a novel approach for producing hydrogen from methane cracking in dielectric barrier discharge catalytic plasma reactor using a nanocatalyst. Plasma-catalytic methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) cracking was undertaken in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) cat...
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doaj-e232f1756e284ea3b26d4039f993289d2020-11-25T04:03:32ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-11-01135921592110.3390/en13225921Hydrogen Production from Methane Cracking in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Catalytic Plasma Reactor Using a NanocatalystAsif Hussain Khoja0Abul Kalam Azad1Faisal Saleem2Bilal Alam Khan3Salman Raza Naqvi4Muhammad Taqi Mehran5Nor Aishah Saidina Amin6Fossil Fuels Laboratory, Department of Thermal Energy Engineering, US-Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad 44000, PakistanSchool of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, 120 Spencer Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, AustraliaDepartment of Chemical and Polymer Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 38000, Faisalabad Campus, PakistanDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, ItalySchool of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad 44000, PakistanSchool of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad 44000, PakistanChemical Reaction Engineering Group, School of Chemical & Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor Bahru 81310, MalaysiaThe study experimentally investigated a novel approach for producing hydrogen from methane cracking in dielectric barrier discharge catalytic plasma reactor using a nanocatalyst. Plasma-catalytic methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) cracking was undertaken in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) catalytic plasma reactor using Ni/MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>. The Ni/MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> was synthesised through co-precipitation followed customised hydrothermal method. The physicochemical properties of the catalyst were examined using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy—energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDX) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The Ni/MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> shows a porous structure spinel MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> and thermal stability. In the catalytic-plasma methane cracking, the Ni/MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> shows 80% of the maximum conversion of CH<sub>4</sub> with H<sub>2</sub> selectivity 75%. Furthermore, the stability of the catalyst was encouraging 16 h with CH<sub>4</sub> conversion above 75%, and the selectivity of H<sub>2</sub> was above 70%. This is attributed to the synergistic effect of the catalyst and plasma. The plasma-catalytic CH<sub>4</sub> cracking is a promising technology for the simultaneous H<sub>2</sub> and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) production for energy storage applications.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/22/5921hydrogen productionmethane crackingDBD plasma reactorMgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>CNTs |
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Asif Hussain Khoja Abul Kalam Azad Faisal Saleem Bilal Alam Khan Salman Raza Naqvi Muhammad Taqi Mehran Nor Aishah Saidina Amin Hydrogen Production from Methane Cracking in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Catalytic Plasma Reactor Using a Nanocatalyst Energies hydrogen production methane cracking DBD plasma reactor MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> CNTs |
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Asif Hussain Khoja Abul Kalam Azad Faisal Saleem Bilal Alam Khan Salman Raza Naqvi Muhammad Taqi Mehran Nor Aishah Saidina Amin |
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Asif Hussain Khoja |
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Hydrogen Production from Methane Cracking in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Catalytic Plasma Reactor Using a Nanocatalyst |
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Hydrogen Production from Methane Cracking in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Catalytic Plasma Reactor Using a Nanocatalyst |
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Hydrogen Production from Methane Cracking in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Catalytic Plasma Reactor Using a Nanocatalyst |
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Hydrogen Production from Methane Cracking in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Catalytic Plasma Reactor Using a Nanocatalyst |
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Hydrogen Production from Methane Cracking in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Catalytic Plasma Reactor Using a Nanocatalyst |
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hydrogen production from methane cracking in dielectric barrier discharge catalytic plasma reactor using a nanocatalyst |
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Energies |
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1996-1073 |
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The study experimentally investigated a novel approach for producing hydrogen from methane cracking in dielectric barrier discharge catalytic plasma reactor using a nanocatalyst. Plasma-catalytic methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) cracking was undertaken in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) catalytic plasma reactor using Ni/MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>. The Ni/MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> was synthesised through co-precipitation followed customised hydrothermal method. The physicochemical properties of the catalyst were examined using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy—energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDX) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The Ni/MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> shows a porous structure spinel MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> and thermal stability. In the catalytic-plasma methane cracking, the Ni/MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> shows 80% of the maximum conversion of CH<sub>4</sub> with H<sub>2</sub> selectivity 75%. Furthermore, the stability of the catalyst was encouraging 16 h with CH<sub>4</sub> conversion above 75%, and the selectivity of H<sub>2</sub> was above 70%. This is attributed to the synergistic effect of the catalyst and plasma. The plasma-catalytic CH<sub>4</sub> cracking is a promising technology for the simultaneous H<sub>2</sub> and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) production for energy storage applications. |
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hydrogen production methane cracking DBD plasma reactor MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> CNTs |
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