Steam reforming of methane: state of the art and novel technologies

IF 3.1 3区化学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Pub Date : 2025-06-21 DOI:10.1039/D5RE00001G

Aimaro Sanna, Dillon Openshaw, Princess Oghotomo and Giuseppe Bagnato

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Steam methane reforming (SMR) is one of the most promising technologies for sustainable hydrogen production. Although numerous reviews have been published on the catalysts developed for SMR, this field is advancing rapidly, prompting this review to focus on recent developments in new promoters, supports, and structural improvements for SMR catalysts. These advancements aim to reduce carbon deposition and sintering while enhancing catalyst activity and stability. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of recent research focusing on improving SMR processes using various catalyst types and operating conditions, as well as examining emerging SMR technologies. Additionally, key challenges related to SMR catalysts are discussed, along with recent progress in conventional SMR using Ni-based, transition metal, and noble metal catalysts, and advancements in SMR processes. The recent literature has highlighted the utility of supported bi-metallic catalysts and advanced SMR technologies, including chemical looping,sorption enhancement, and membrane reactors, in commercialising SMR technologies.

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甲烷蒸汽重整：最新技术与现状

蒸汽甲烷重整（SMR）是最有前途的可持续制氢技术之一。虽然已经发表了许多关于SMR催化剂的综述，但该领域正在迅速发展，因此本文将重点介绍SMR催化剂的新促进剂、支持剂和结构改进的最新进展。这些进步旨在减少碳沉积和烧结，同时提高催化剂的活性和稳定性。这篇综述全面分析了最近的研究，重点是使用各种催化剂类型和操作条件改进SMR工艺，以及研究新兴的SMR技术。此外，还讨论了与SMR催化剂相关的主要挑战，以及使用镍基、过渡金属和贵金属催化剂的传统SMR的最新进展，以及SMR工艺的进展。最近的文献强调了负载型双金属催化剂和先进的SMR技术（包括化学环、吸附增强和膜反应器）在SMR技术商业化中的应用。

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Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Chemistry-Chemistry (miscellaneous)

CiteScore

6.60

自引率

7.70%

发文量

227

期刊介绍： Reaction Chemistry & Engineering is a new journal reporting cutting edge research into all aspects of making molecules for the benefit of fundamental research, applied processes and wider society. From fundamental, molecular-level chemistry to large scale chemical production, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering brings together communities of chemists and chemical engineers working to ensure the crucial role of reaction chemistry in today’s world.