Autothermal reforming of methane with integrated CO2 capture in novel fluidized bed membrane reactors

Hydrogen production with integrated CO2 capture by autothermal reforming of methane has been investigated in a novel fluidized bed membrane reactor configuration. With a phenomenological reactor model the reactor performance has been investigated over a wide range of operating conditions, viz. temperature, pressure, H2O/CH4 ratio, and membrane area. The results obtained show that pure hydrogen production with integrated CO2 capture is feasible, however, only with a relatively low load/surface ratio (L/S)