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Hydrogen production from superheated steam by dielectric barrier discharge

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K19044
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 31:Nuclear engineering, earth resources engineering, energy engineering, and related fields
Research InstitutionGifu University

Principal Investigator

Kambara Shinji  岐阜大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (80362177)

Project Period (FY) 2018-06-29 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Keywords水素製造 / プラズマ / 水素分離膜 / 過熱水蒸気 / 大気圧プラズマ / アンモニア水 / CO2フリー水素 / 水素
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to control global warming, it is desired to develop a CO2-free hydrogen production device with low hydrogen cost. The objective of this research is to develop an innovative low-cost hydrogen production device consisting of steam plasma and hydrogen separation membrane. A Pd-40%Cu hydrogen separation membrane was combined with the plasma reactor. When superheated steam was used as the raw material, the energy efficiency of hydrogen production was extremely low (0.0009 L/Wh). 4% ammonia was mixed with saturated steam to improve electrical conductivity and fed molecule number. As a result, the hydrogen production energy efficiency increased significantly (0.138 L/Wh). Although it did not reach 0.167 L/Wh of the alkaline water electrolysis method, it is a bright prospect for the development of a small hydrogen production device at a low equipment cost. The reaction mechanism of hydrogen generation from steam by plasma decomposition was investigated.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

CO2フリー水素の製造法は,再生可能エネルギーによる水の電気分解(水電解法)が主流であり,すでに商品化がなされている。しかし,再生可能エネルギーのコストおよび水電解装置コストを要因として水素単価は非常に高く,自立的エネルギーシステムの構築は困難な状況にある。
Power to Hydrogenという学術分野で水電解法と異なる原理の方向性をもつ平板型プラズマメンブレンリアクターは,挑戦的研究として学術的・社会的に大いに意義がある。また,提案する過熱水蒸気プラズマは新規反応場であり,他に類がない先駆けとしての学術的特色がある。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results)

  • [Journal Article] One-dimensional simulation of hydrogen production kinetic models by water vapor plasmolysis in a DBD plate reactor2020

    • Author(s)
      Mostafa El-Shafie, S. Kambara, Y. Hayakawa
    • Journal Title

      J. Theoretical & Applied Physics

      Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Pages: 181-194

    • DOI

      10.1007/s40094-020-00376-3

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Study of the plasma and heating effect on hydrogen permeation through Pd0.60-Cu0.40 membrane in a micro-channel plate reactor2019

    • Author(s)
      Mostafa El-Shafie, S. Kambara, Y. Hayakawa
    • Journal Title

      Int. J. Hydrogen Energy

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Experimental analysis of plasma and heating effect on H2 permeation behavior through PdCu40% membranes in 1mm gap length plate reactor2019

    • Author(s)
      Mostafa El-Shafie, S. Kambara, Y. Hayakawa
    • Journal Title

      Int. J. Hydrogen Energy

      Volume: - Issue: 49 Pages: 26310-26320

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.08.138

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A comparison between GDP and PDP experiments of hydrogen permeation through 15μm Pd60-Cu40% membrane thickness in a micro channel plate type reactor2019

    • Author(s)
      Mostafa El-Shafie, S. Kambara, Y. Hayakawa
    • Journal Title

      Fusion Engineering and Design

      Volume: 149 Pages: 111320-111320

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.111320

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Preliminary results of hydrogen production from water vapor decomposition using DBD plasma in a PMCR reactor2019

    • Author(s)
      Mostafa El-Shafie, S. Kambara, Y. Hayakawa, T.Miura
    • Journal Title

      Int. J. Hydrogen Energy

      Volume: 44 Issue: 36 Pages: 20239-20248

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.05.199

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Hydrogen Production Technologies Overview2019

    • Author(s)
      Mostafa El-Shafie
    • Journal Title

      J. Power and Energy Engineering

      Volume: 7 Issue: 01 Pages: 107-154

    • DOI

      10.4236/jpee.2019.71007

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hydrogen production from superheated steam decomposition by plasma reactor2019

    • Author(s)
      Md Hadi Iskandar Abd Razak
    • Organizer
      The 7th East Asia Joint Symposium on Plasma and Electrostatics Technologies for Environmental Applications
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hydrogen production from steam using plasma membrane reactor with a flow channel2019

    • Author(s)
      H. Kanayama
    • Organizer
      Int. Workshop on Environmental Engineering 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hydrogen permeation characteristics of plate-type plasma membrane reactor2019

    • Author(s)
      H. Sato
    • Organizer
      Int. Workshop on Environmental Engineering 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hydrogen separation in a plasma membrane reactor2018

    • Author(s)
      S. Wakazono
    • Organizer
      9th Int. Conf. on Hydrogen Production
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Development of Plate Type Plasma Reactor with a Flow Channel2018

    • Author(s)
      Y. Hayakawa
    • Organizer
      28th Annual Meeting of MRS-Japan 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 流路付きプラズマメンブレンリアクターの開発2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤大貴
    • Organizer
      第50回化学工学会秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-07-25   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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