de Nooijer, NiekGallucci, FaustoPellizzari, EmmaMelendez, JonPacheco Tanaka, David A.Manzolini, Giampaolovan Sint Annaland, Martin2018-09-15de Nooijer , N , Gallucci , F , Pellizzari , E , Melendez , J , Pacheco Tanaka , D A , Manzolini , G & van Sint Annaland , M 2018 , ' On concentration polarisation in a fluidized bed membrane reactor for biogas steam reforming: modelling and experimental validation : Modelling and experimental validation ' , Chemical Engineering Journal , vol. 348 , pp. 232-243 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.04.2051385-8947researchoutputwizard: 11556/543Publisher Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s)The production of pure hydrogen through the steam reforming of biogas in a fluidized bed membrane reactor has been studied. A phenomenological one-dimensional two-phase fluidized bed reactor model accounting for concentration polarisation with a stagnant film model has been developed and used to investigate the system performance. The validation of the model was performed with steam reforming experiments at temperatures ranging from 435 °C up to 535 °C, pressures between 2 to 5 bar and CO2/CH4 ratios up to 0.9. The permeation performance of the ceramic-supported PdAg thin-film membrane was first characterized separately for both pure gas and gas mixtures. Subsequently, the membrane was immersed into a fluidized bed containing Rh supported on alumina particles and the reactor performance, viz. the methane conversion, hydrogen recovery and hydrogen purity, was evaluated under biogas steam reforming conditions. The resulting hydrogen purity under biogas steam reforming conditions was up to 99.8%. The model results were in very good agreement with the experimental results, when assuming a thickness of the stagnant mass transfer boundary layer around the membrane equal to 0.54 cm. It is shown that the effects of concentration polarisation in a fluidized bed membrane reactor can be well described with the implementation of a film layer description in the two-phase model.121117615enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessjournal article10.1016/j.cej.2018.04.205BiogasSteam reformingMembrane reactorHydrogen productionBiogasSteam reformingMembrane reactorHydrogen productionGeneral ChemistryEnvironmental ChemistryGeneral Chemical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringProject IDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/671459/EU/BIOgas membrane reformer for deceNtralIzed hydrogen produCtiOn/BIONICOinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/671459/EU/BIOgas membrane reformer for deceNtralIzed hydrogen produCtiOn/BIONICOFunding InfoThe presented work is funded within BIONICO. This project has received funding from the_x000D_ Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No 671459. This Joint_x000D_ Undertaking receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and_x000D_ Innovation Programme, Hydrogen Europe and N.ERGHY.The presented work is funded within BIONICO. This project has received funding from the_x000D_ Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No 671459. This Joint_x000D_ Undertaking receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and_x000D_ Innovation Programme, Hydrogen Europe and N.ERGHY.http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046703024&partnerID=8YFLogxK