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Currently the efficiency for hydrogen production by water electrolysis of electricity amounts to 75 to 85% [19] with potential up to 93% until 2030. [25] Efficiency for methanol synthesis of hydrogen and carbon dioxide currently is 79 to 80%. [19] Thus the efficiency for production of methanol from electricity and carbon dioxide is about 59 to 78%.
providing water along with methanol would make the fuel supply more cumbersome, so water has to be recycled in a loop; CO 2 has to be removed from the solution flow exiting the fuel cell; water in the anodic loop is slowly consumed by reaction and drag; it is necessary to recover water from the cathodic side to maintain steady operation.
The fuel cartridge stores the methanol fuel. Depending on the system design either 100% methanol (IMPCA industrial standard) or a mixture of methanol with up to 40 vol% water is usually used as fuel for the RMFC system. 100% methanol results in lower fuel consumption than water-methanol mixture (Premix) but goes along with higher fuel cell system complexity for condensing of cathode moisture.
Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. The resulting soft water requires less soap for the same cleaning effort, as soap is not wasted bonding with calcium ions. Soft water also extends the lifetime of plumbing by reducing or eliminating scale build-up in pipes
A mixture of water and methanol with a molar concentration ratio (water:methanol) of 1.0 - 1.5 is pressurized to approximately 20 bar, vaporized and heated to a temperature of 250 - 360 °C. The hydrogen that is created is separated through the use of Pressure swing adsorption or a hydrogen-permeable membrane made of polymer or a palladium alloy.
The annotation, d a°C/b°C, indicates density of solution at temperature a divided by density of pure water at temperature b known as specific gravity. When temperature b is 4 °C, density of water is 0.999972 g/mL.
Autothermal reforming (ATR) uses oxygen and carbon dioxide or steam in a reaction with methane to form syngas. The reaction takes place in a single chamber where the methane is partially oxidized. The reaction is exothermic. When the ATR uses carbon dioxide, the H 2:CO ratio produced is 1:1; when the ATR uses steam, the H 2:CO ratio produced is ...
After removing hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide , which form as side products during the gasification step, methanol can be made using conventional methods. [15] This route can offer renewable methanol production from biomass at efficiencies up to 75%. [17] Production methods using carbon dioxide as a feedstock have also been proposed.