Hydrogen production by aqueous phase reforming of biomass-derived glycerol over cobalt-based catalysts
- Autores: Alberto José Reynoso Estévez
- Directores de la Tesis: Jose Luis Ayastuy Arizti (dir. tes.), Miguel Angel Gutiérrez Ortiz (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea ( España ) en 2021
- Idioma: inglés
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Juan Ramón González Velasco (presid.), Beatriz De Rivas Martín (secret.), Gwendoline Lafaye (voc.), Antonio Sepúlveda Escribano (voc.), Dmitry Yu. Murzin (voc.)
- Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Ingeniería Química por la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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- Tesis en acceso abierto en: ADDI
- Resumen
In the current context regarding the increase in energy demand and the need to decarbonize the global energy system to avoid even further deterioration of the on-going climate change crisis, hydrogen is a promising energy alternative. The use of hydrogen, produced from biomass, would drastically reduce CO2 emissions, contribute to reducing the current dependence on fossil fuels and, due to its greater availability, would improve the economic situation of many countries that are still plagued by energy poverty. Aqueous-phase reforming (APR) is a suitable and energy-efficient alternative process for hydrogen and other high value-added chemical production.This Doctoral Thesis aims to contribute to a development of new cobalt aluminate-based catalysts for glycerol valorisation through H2 production by APR establishing a structure-activity relationship. This research provides further insight into the aqueous-phase reforming of biomass-derived oxygenated compounds, the effect of operating conditions, the correlation with liquid-phase WGS reaction and the feasibility of crude bioglycerol as a feedstock.
