Preliminary study of synthesis gas production from water electrolysis, using the ELECTROFUEL (R) concept

01/09/2015

This paper describes preliminary work on the generation of synthesis gas from water electrolysis using graphite electrodes without the separation of the generated gases. This is an innovative process, that has no similar work been done earlier. Preliminary tests allowed to establish correlations between the applied current to the electrolyser and flow rate and composition of the generated syngas, as well as a characterisation of generated carbon nanoparticles. The obtained syngas can further be used to produce synthetic liquid fuels, for example, methane, methanol or DME (dimethyl ether) in a catalytic reactor, in further stages of a present ongoing project using the ELECTROFUEL (R) concept. The main competitive advantage of this project lies in the built-in of an innovative technology product, from RE (renewable energy) power in remote locations, for example, islands, villages in mountains as an alternative for energy storage for mobility constraints.

Autores da comunidade :

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  J

  João Fernando Pereira Gomes

  ist123818

  Afiliações e fontes

  IST > CERENA

  Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente

  De: orcid

  ID: 33118739

  De: scopus

  ID: 2-s2.0-84941878474

  De: cienciavitae

  ID: 62376

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  J

  Jaime Filipe Borges Puna

  ist164123

  Afiliações e fontes

  IST > iBB

  Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências

  IST > CEBQ

  Centro de Engenharia Biológica e Química

AO - Versão original do autor

Energy

1050

1056

89

1873-6785

10.1016/j.energy.2015.06.048

chemical-engineering - Engenharia Química

eng - Inglês

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/5839