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Methanol cracking and reforming hydrogen production catalyst is an advanced catalytic material designed for efficient conversion of methanol into high-purity hydrogen through cracking and reforming reactions. Engineered with optimized metal-supported formulations, it ensures superior hydrogen yield, enhanced reaction kinetics, and prolonged operational stability. This catalyst is widely used in hydrogen generation for fuel cells, synthetic gas processing, and industrial hydrogen supply applications, providing reliable performance for continuous hydrogen production systems.
Product Overview
The methanol cracking and reforming hydrogen production catalyst is specially designed for methanol cracking or methanol-steam reforming hydrogen production reactions. This catalyst exhibits excellent low-temperature activity and high conversion rates, enabling efficient methanol cracking at lower temperatures to generate hydrogen. Compared with similar catalysts from international suppliers, it offers superior stability and broader adaptability, making it suitable for long-term industrial operation. Improvements in the catalyst preparation process have significantly enhanced both catalytic activity and product stability.
Key Features
- High and Low-Temperature Activity: Maintains good activity at lower reaction temperatures, suitable for a wide temperature range of reactions.
- High Conversion Rate: At a reaction temperature of 250°C, methanol conversion can reach 95%, ensuring high hydrogen yield.
- Good Stability: Excellent reaction stability, maintaining efficient catalytic performance over extended periods.
- Strong Adaptability: Suitable for various reaction conditions, especially for methanol cracking or methanol-steam reforming to produce hydrogen.
Activity Test
Under laboratory conditions, after reduction, the catalyst was used with 120 ml of the original particle size, and the reaction was conducted at a pressure of 1.2 MPa with a liquid space velocity of 1.2 h⁻¹, using a methanol concentration of 51%, with the remainder being water.
- At a reaction temperature of 230°C, methanol conversion rate ≥ 75%.
- At a reaction temperature of 250°C, methanol conversion rate ≥ 95%.
Applications
- Methanol Cracking for Hydrogen Production: Used in the methanol cracking reaction to generate hydrogen.
- Methanol and Steam Reforming for Hydrogen Production: Suitable for the methanol-steam reforming reaction to produce high-purity hydrogen, widely applied in hydrogen production, fuel cells, and the chemical industry.
- Industrial Hydrogen Production: Provides an efficient catalytic solution for hydrogen production at medium and low temperatures, ideal for industrial hydrogen generation.
| Physical and Chemical Properties | |
| Property Name | Value |
| Appearance | Black cylindrical |
| Particle Size (mm) | ∮5 × 5 |
| Radial Compressive Strength (N/cm) | ≥80 |
| Bulk Density (kg/L) | ≤1.2 |
| CuO (Wt%) | ≥65 |
| ZnO (Wt%) | ≥8 |
| Al₂O₃ (Wt%) | ≥8 |
| Other Additives (Wt%) | ≥2 |
| Loss on Ignition (540℃/hr) | ≤13 |
| Operating Condition | Value |
| Methanol Liquid Space Velocity (CH₃OH/H₂O≈1) | 1–1.2 h⁻¹ |
| Reaction Temperature (℃) | 230–300 |
| Reaction Pressure (MPa) | Atmospheric to 1.5 |
