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Biogas can be utilized for H2 production using steam reforming of biogas (SRB). Biogas composition varies in wide range (CH4 = 45–80%) depending on various substrates. With this view, thermodynamic modeling of steam reforming of biogas has been performed to find out the effect of change in pressure (1–11 atm), temperature (573–1273 K), biogas composition (CH4 = 45–80%), and steam-to-methane ratio (1.0–4.5) on hydrogen production. CH4 conversion of almost 99%, a high percentage of hydrogen in product gas with high H2 yield with zero carbon formation have been obtained at the temperature of 973 K and the steam-to-methane ratio of 4.0 when reformer operated at atmospheric pressure for all biogas compositions studied. Energy requirement (98.37–165.45 kJ/mol) has been determined. Besides, proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) generates the electrical power between 129.30 and 253.09 kW from one mole of biogas having compositions between CH4/CO2 = 45/55 and 80/20, respectively.
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Chouhan, K., Sinha, S., Kumar, S., Kumar, S. (2022). Steam Reforming of Biogas from Different Feedstocks for H2 Production and Its Use in PEMFC: Thermodynamic Analysis. In: Naddeo, V., Choo, KH., Ksibi, M. (eds) Water-Energy-Nexus in the Ecological Transition. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00808-5_68
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