01/04/2014 / Page 1 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). A Flexible natural gas membrane Reformer for m- CHP applications FERRET This project is supported by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/ ) for the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative under grant agreement nº Duration: 3 years. Starting date: 01-Apr-2014 Contact: The present publication reflects only the author’s views and the FCH JU and the Union are not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

01/04/2014 / Page 2 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). Summary FERRET aims at developing a high efficient heat and power cogeneration system based on: i) design, construction and testing of a flexible advanced reformer for pure hydrogen production from a broad range of natural gas with optimization of all the components of the reformer (catalyst, membranes, heat management etc) and ii) the design and optimization of all the BoP for the integration of the novel reforming technology in a CHP system. The main idea of FERRET is to develop a novel more efficient and cheaper multi-fuel membrane reformer for pure hydrogen production in order to intensify the process of hydrogen production through the integration of reforming and purification in one single unit

01/04/2014 / Page 3 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). Partnership Multidisciplinary and complementary team: 6 top level European organisations from 4 countries: 3 Research Institutes and Universities and 3 top industries in different sectors (from hydrogen production to catalyst developments to boilers etc.).  TU/e, Netherlands  TECNALIA, Spain  POLIMI, Italy  ICI, Italy  HyGear, Netherlands  Johnson Matthey (UK)

01/04/2014 / Page 4 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited).  Scale-up of membranes and development of new pore-filled membranes more resistant to fluidized bed membrane reactor configuration and using less amount of Pd per m 3 /h of hydrogen production  Reduction of fuel processor costs  Development of methods for recycling and repairing of Pd-based membranes  Improvement of catalyst for reforming of different natural gas compositions  Scale up the catalyst production for fluidized bed applications  Improvement of a novel fluidized bed membrane reforming reactor of different natural gas compositions  Improvement of a novel fluidized bed membrane reforming reactor for long- term performance.  Protection of Fuel cell stack (e.g. Cr release), CO poisoning  Integration of the novel reforming in a CHP system  Optimization of the BoP for the novel reforming CHP system  Simulation and optimization of the reformer integration with the entire system Project objectives

01/04/2014 / Page 5 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). Work structure

01/04/2014 / Page 6 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). Partnership synergies

01/04/2014 / Page 7 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). Catalyst development Develop an autothermal reforming catalyst to convert a mixture of natural gas, steam and air into syngas (hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen).  The catalyst needs to be mechanically durable and operate as a fluidized bed inside a membrane reactor.  The catalyst needs to maintain activity under membrane reactor operating conditions.  Scale up of catalyst production Objectives:

01/04/2014 / Page 8 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). Membranes development Development of Pd based tubular membranes, for application in natural gas autothermal reforming catalytic membrane reactors  Improved flux and selectivity  Temperature 600ºC  Improved sulphur resistance  Resistant to fluidization regime  Process scaling up Objectives:

01/04/2014 / Page 9 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). Pd Al Advantages of pore filled over conventional membranes -Less Pd is used ( a fraction of conventional) -Protection under fluidization regime Membranes development Composite nano porous membranes Packed with Palladium panoparticles (pore filled membranes)

01/04/2014 / Page 10 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited).  Selection of ATR-CMR components: catalysts, membranes and supports, and sealing based.  Integration of these elements in lab scale reactors specifically designed for ATR.  Validation of the lab scale reactors performances and identification of the best design for prototype pilot. Lab scale reformer Objectives:

01/04/2014 / Page 11 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). Objectives:  Design the pilot scale catalytic membrane reactor (CMR)  Construct and assemble the pilot scale catalytic membrane reactor including controls  Perform functionality tests before integration into Fuel Cell CHP-system Pilot scale catalytic membrane reformer

01/04/2014 / Page 12 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). Challenges Fluidization regime Hotspots Adequate back-mixing Slugging Kinetic limitations Membrane area Manifolding Sealing Pilot scale catalytic membrane reformer

01/04/2014 / Page 13 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). Integration & Validation in CHP-System  definition of fuel cell CHP-model based on existing fuel cell CHP-system and validate system model with test results  Integrating the FERRET reformer into existing CHP-system  Evaluation of the FERRET CHP-system feeding different natural gas compositions  Compare performance of the FERRET CHP-system with existing CHP-system  Perform techno-economic analysis of the FERRET CHP-system

01/04/2014 / Page 14 (Disclosure or reproduction without prior permission of FERRET is prohibited). A Flexible natural gas membrane Reformer for m- CHP applications FERRET Thank you for your attention Contact: